"49b67618-12c1-4718-a6c6-cf08cfddd9d3"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "2016-05-30"@en . "1900-10-04"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/silsil/items/1.0312973/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " THE SILVERTONIAN.\nSLOCAN'S BEST\nKNOWN WEEKLY.\nSILVERMAN.\nL\nV Nc^*AJtytfl XJjUJUu\nTHE SILVERTONIAN.\nLOCAL MININtT NEWS.\nSUBSCRIPTIONS, *2.0\nVOLUME FOUR.\n8ILVERTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, l\u00C2\u00BB00.\nNUMBER 14\n[LAKEVIEW HOTEL\n Silverton\t\ntf&riUS HOTEL IS NEW AND NEATLY FURNISHED, -\nTHE BAR IS SUPPLIED WITH BEST BRANDS OP\nWINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS.\n.[UL*, IKZrLOTxrles. Prop.\ntp. BURNS & co\nWHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER8 IN ALL\nKINDS OF FRESH AND SALT MEATS\nRETAIL STORES AT\nSilverton, Nelaon, Trail, Ymir. Kaslo, Sandon,\nNew Denver, Cascade City, Grand Forks, Sirdar\nMidway and Greenwood.\nMAILORDERS PROMPTLY AND CAREFULLY ATTENDED TO.\n- HEAD OFFICE NELSON, B 0.\ny\nt Are You Looking For II\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Stylish goods?\n\\u00C2\u00BB THAT IS UP-TO-DATE CLOTHING WITH\n# THE PRICE SOMEWHERE NOT ALTOG-TH-\n/* ER OUT OF SIGHT.\nm IF SO DROP IN AND MAKE YOUR SELEC-\n^ TION FROM MY SHELVES. FIT AND FINISH\nJL GORiXCKED. OVERCOATINGS JUST IN.\n<\ MEBSIUER, The Tailor: Silverton, B. C.\nI\nl\ni\na\nMINES AROUND\nTHEJISTRICT.\nANOTHER NEW COMPANY.\nDuring the week T G Procter, of\nNelson, who haa acquired the Bilverton\nHoy claim near town, accompanied by\nN J Davies late superintendent of the\nHall Mines, spent a lew davs in looking\nover our camp and making arrangements\nfor the further development of thc Silverton Boy properly, 'tbey expressed\nthemselves as highly pleased with tbe\nshowing made and bope to be able tn\ndevelope it int.i a mine this winter.\nThe Silverton Hoy claim adjoins the\nEmily Edith Croup and is crossed bv\nFour Mile creek about one mile above\ntuwn. It Ih a silver lead proposition and\nalready shipping ore lias been encountered upon it, and it looks as if it only\nrequired work to make u shipping mine\nout of it. The camp is lortimate in\nhaving this property fall into tbe bands\nof Mr. Procter, who has suflicent capital\nat hia command to properly develope it\nand is a mining man who is an sucee-sful\nin his mining ventures as lie is liberal\nin his views. He will be a valuable addition to our mine-owncis and more like\nhim would l\u00C2\u00BBe welcome bei -. lie also\nvisited while here tbe Congo Group on\nRed Mountain, in which it is hoped he\nwill interest himself.\nw\nPASSED LAST YEAR'S RECORD.\nDuring the week the Hewett sent out a\ntwenty ton shipment of ore to tlie smcl.\nter. This with the shipments from the\nlower end of tha Like bring-* tlu lake\nshipments up to 3189 tf. ns, more than\nthe total la\u00C2\u00ABt year's shipment nf 3078 tons,\nand with tbe best pirt of the shipping\nseason yet to come. It would be no surprise if, ot the end of the year, a total of\n6003 tons would be reached With Slo\ncan oe netting an ay-rane of $100 a\ntun, the wealth being produced hy\nthia n-wcounlrv can be easily figured up.\n>\u00C2\u00AB-\nt\n1\n?>:\u00E2\u0096\u00A0: !_i';i AIvI* KINDS.\nBOURNE BROS.,\n\u00C2\u00AB\nis\n2Ve>-w Denver,\nJB, C.\nBLOCAN LAKE ORE SHIPMENT.*.\nShipments of ore fi nn Bilverton for\nthe year 1890. totaled 1693 Tona.\nAll other Lake pointa 1383 \"\nThe shipment ot ore from Slocan\nLake points, up to and Including the\npresent week, from Jan. 1, 1900.\nFrom Bosun Landing. Tons\nBosun 840\nFrom New lien ver\nHartney 20\nCapella 7\nFrom Bilverton Tons\nEmilv Edith 20\nHewett 75\nVancouver 100\nWakefield, (concentrates) 080\nGalena Mines 20\nFr mi Enterprise Landing\nEnterprise 940\nNeepawa 7\nFrom .Slocan City\nArlington 380\nBlack Prince 60\nKilo 20\nTwo Friends 20\nTotal 8189\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2#:\u00C2\u00BB***:*****\nmatters political\nTHE METAL MARKET.\nNew York. Oct. 4.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Bar Silver, 61 %\nLake copper, f 16 50.\nLead\u00E2\u0080\u0094The firm that fixes the selling\nprice for miners and smelters quotea lead\nat M 00 at the close.\nHOAV THE DEVIL DOES HIS WILL.\nThe Devil was dying of ennui;\nSo he sauntered forth from his den.\nAnd he came by tbe Springs of Mundane\nThings,\nAnd gazed on the sons ol Men,\nAnd ho sighed at the Centary's ending,\nFor I.e saw tlie worid st peace;\nThen he cried, \"Alack ! have I loat my\nknack?\nThese pipiug limes must cease.\"\nSo he fibbed a Moralist's mantle,\nAid went on bis Jaunty course,\nIn his raiment tine, with the air benign\nOf a Civilizing Force.\nFirst be whispered a word to the States-\n. mar,:\n\"Q-'ick, out wiili thy idle knife!\nElse the People, thy trust, will in\nharness rust,\nGo, preach ihem ibe Strenuous Life!\"\nOf a people that lived in quiet,\nThe IVvil demurely spoke:\n\"Go, Benevolent Man, to that Primitive\nClan,\nAnd Assimilate those foil, \"\nAnd the Statesman sprang, at the summons.\nAnd donned his warrior's coat;\nCried the Devil. \"Hurrah!\" as each\nman be saw\nWilh bis band at bis neighbor's throat.\nAnd straigh'nav the Prophets of Progress\nJoined piously in tbe din ;\nAnd the Devil cried, 'See! These My\nMinisters be,\nAnd this is my Chamberlain!\"\nHe slyly spoke to the Rulers:\n\"Is thy ancent valor cold ?\"\nAud the sens grew black? where the\nWarship's track\nMade straight for tl e shores of gold.\nTill the world was filled with mourning,\nAf, ihe> called for mine and more;\nAnd men held iheir breath as the pallid\nDeath\nRode proud in the van of War.\nWhich so vhb'Iv smused the Devil\n' list tears ran d,w n bis face.\nAnd he wagged his tail, as Men cried\n\"Hail!\nMake way for the Dominant Rat-el\"\nThe Devil slipped into the pulpit:\n\"'Tis the spread of the Cross!\" be hissed\nAnd the Priest with a nod asked tiie\nhles-ing nf God\nOn tbe March of the Sanctified Fist.\nWith the voice of Ibe People's Teachers,\nThe Devil disgni-ed himself;\nHurrah !\" il rang, as tlie bullets sang,\n\"For Deal in v. Duty and Pelf!\"\nHe laughed a\u00C2\u00AB the Backward Nations\nDropped into the Conqueror's maw;\nAnd he chuckled long al the Poet's sonu\nOf \"The spread of Cbrist'a Word and\n- Law.\"\nAnd he shook bis sides as he watched\nthem,\nNor once did bis soft laugh cease.\nAs the DtS'.i anl Race ran its ghastly\npace\nIn the Name of the Prince of Peace.\nSo the Devil went hark to hia study,\nQuoth be, wilh a wink and a nod:\n\"Sure, tbe true wav still to do My Will\nIs to call it the Work of God.\nMcCreadv Sykes, in \"Life \"\nGeo. Fairbairn returned to town on\nTuesday.\nJos. Brandon la among the Slocan via\nitors now iu Spokane.\nJ, C. Tyree ia taking in the Bights at\nthe Spokane Exposition.\nThe snowline invaded the upper aide\nnf the townsite thia week.\nT. .1. Scott, a tenor vocalist, ia booked\nlosing here ou the 20th.\nGo to R. G. Daigle's for fresh fruits\nand conlectionery. .Near Fostolttce.*\nRead Reevea' ad on the back page.\nIt ia of especial interest to the ladiea.\nC E Suihheriugale ianow the sole proprietor aa well aa the editor of The Slocan Drill,\nMra. Wm. Scott lelt with her children\non Wednesday to join Mr. Scott in\nAinsworth.\nDivine Service will he held to-morrow\nevening, at 7:30 o'clock, in tbe Union\nChurch. All welcome.\nMrs. S Daigle gave a pleaaant party to\nber many friends in honor of Miss Daigle\non Thursday evening.\nFob Sale. A house and lot in Silver-\nton. Well situated. A snap for a cash\nbuyer. Apply at this office.\nThe chilliness in the air the past \veek\nmakes Bourne Broa' ehoit talk on atove\non this page, particularly interesting.\nAn appalling score waa made 'in the\nbaseball game laat Sunday, the Silver-\ntoiiiana coining out ahead in apite of\nthemselves.\nCaptain Seaman of the as. Slocan ia\ntukinu a well-earned lay-off and haa\ngone Eaat. Capt. Tyson of the tug\nYmir ia now at the wheel.\nAll work in the Jewelry Repairing\nline, left at the bilverton Drug Store, will\nbe promptly forwarded lo Jacob Dnvei\ntbe well-known Nelaon jeweler. All re\npairs are ou aranteei. fob onk yeab. *\nOne of the animals known to science aa\nMephitis Muatelidae, but more familiarly\ncalled skunk, ia making life intereating\nto some of oar chicken fanciers\u00E2\u0080\u0094and to\nothers.\nThe Rev. Mr. Duncan haa received\nword Uiat a shifting about will be made\nwithin the next two weeka among the\nlocal Presbyterian inissionaiies\nWhere be will next be stationed and\nwho his successor will be Mr. Duncan\ndoea not yet know.\nW B Rulon and wife of Philadelphia\nspent part of the week in Siiveriou. Mr\nRulon is one of the principal stock\nholders in the Rockiand Group, and waa\nhere in connection with tbat property.\nHe waa accompanied by Frank Watson\nof Silverton mid Spokane.\nCHRIS. FOLjEX I8CHOSEM.\nThe Independent Party Convention,\nheld in Nelaon thia week, resulted aa was\nexpected in the nomination of a candidate and the drawing np of a platform\nupon whijh he will appeal to the electorate.\nTbe candidate ia Christopher Foley of\nthe Roaaland Miners' Union, wbo at the\ntime be waa informed of his nomination\nwaa at work 400 feet underground in tbe\nCentre Star mine at Roaaland.\nTbe platform adopted consists of til*\nfollowing eleven plunks:\nNol\u00E2\u0080\u0094Free compulsory education.\nNo 2\u00E2\u0080\u0094A legal working day of eight\nhours.\nNo 3\u00E2\u0080\u0094Government Inspection of ail\nindustries.\nNo 4\u00E2\u0080\u0094The abolition of the contract\nsystem on all public worka.\nNo 6--The public ownership of all\nfranchises, such aa tailwaya, telegraphs,\nwaterworks, lighting, etc.\nNo 6\u00E2\u0080\u0094The abolition of Asiatic immigration, Ihe application ot tha educ. tion-\nal teat and the abolition of inducement*\nto foreign immigration to settle in tbe\nDominion.\nNo 7\u00E2\u0080\u0094The abolition of child labor trader 14 vears of age.\nNo 8-The abolition of the |250\" deposit required of candidate* for the Dominion House.\nNo 9\u00E2\u0080\u0094Compulsory arbitration of labor\ndisputes.\nNo 10\u00E2\u0080\u0094Prohibition of prison labor in\ncompetition with free labor.\nNo 11\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Compulsory exercise of the\nIranchise.\nIn choosing Mr Foley to lead them in\nthe campaign, the Independents have\nchosen wisely. Tbeir candidate la wel'\nknown throughout the Riding, and\nrespected wheiever known; a man of\nadvanced ideas bqt with no trace of tbe\n\"agitator\" in his makeup, being on the\ncontrary hard-headed, practical and conservative; an earnest aod forcible debater, a deep thinker and a speaker of\nability and force. Thoee who know Mr.\nFoley personally know that hia acceptance of the nomination was made with\nno feeling of personal ambition but with\nthe idea of assuming hia share of a great\ntask.\nThe Independent candidate, if be re-\nceives-the solid support of hia party, wilt\nlead an attack against the politicians\nsuch as they are not prepared for, He\nwill bo found no mean antagonist, and to\noffsett the advantages he haa to atart\nwith his two opponents must take to the\nstump at once.\nCOMHUSICATED.\nThe Editora do not hold themselves in\nany way responsible for tlie opinions expressed under this head. All communication, iutended for this column, must\nbe accompanied by the name of the writer. None will be published otherwise.\nNO GAME TODAY.\nThe Sllverton-Nelson Football game\nis off again. The Silvertoniuns who put\nup eo generously for the Football Club\nthis season are thus depilved of the\nlast chance of having one game played\nhere. This is due to no fault ot the\nexecutive of the club, who havo tried in\neveryway to secure a home game, but\nsolely to tbe umportmanllke actions of\noutside teams wbo refused to play return\ngames agreed upon.\nEditor Silvertonian:\nDear Sib:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nWith your kind permission may I\nmakes few remarks through the columns\nof your paper in reply to the communication by \"Thought-about-it.\" It\nseems your correspondent is laboring\nunder a delusion of no small magnitude,\nfor he neither understauda the writer,\nnor the motive that prompted the communication in the Ledge relating to\nSabbath desecration. It is farthest from\nme the thought of asking anyone to\nconform to my views in the matter, and\nmy communication wus prompted rather\nas a means ol inducing the highest and\nbeet thought, each man for himself, ou\nthe question. All men must answer for\ntheir own individual acts, not to any\nchurch, eieen, nor individual, but to\ntheir Maker. Every man kniws in his\nown heart right from wrong. He may\ndeceive himself for a time, but with all\nhia dodging and seeking (o make himself\nright by false teachings, heathen doctrine and moral laws, he must in Ihn\nend be judged by the laws laid down by\nthe Great Law Giver. If \"Thoiigbt-\naiiout-it ' wonld do a little more thinking\nhe may yet comprehend the writer, and\ninatead of looking upon him as a\n\"narrow-minded bigot,\" etc., he may\nsee him in an entirely different light.\nFor ninteen hundred years men have\nobjected to being reminded of their\napiritual shortcomings. Tbey bave\nattemiii d to place all new-fangled ideas\nof carnal man above the Bible; they\nwould cast aside the Good Book aa the\nfoundation stone upon which tbe Christ-\n(Cootinued on back page,)\nBRANCHING OUT.\nThe Wm. Huntei Co.. Ltd., which,\nwith headquartere lo Silverton aod various branches in the district carry on\none of the biggest general supply businesses in the province, made an important addition to the number of their\nstores last week. This consisted of the\npurchase of the stock and business of the\nWestern Mercantile Company of Nelaon,\none of the best retail aupply houses east\nof the Coast.\nIn speaking of their new firm, the Nelson Tribune aaya: \"Mr, Hunter's first\nbusiness venture in Nelson waa aa a\npartner in the International Hotel, which\nstood at the corner of Vernon snd Stanley streets, and which was destroyed by\nfire in the spring ot 1894. In tbe fall of\n1801, having sold his interest in the hotel, he started the first general merchandise store opened at New Don ver, then\nlhe only town in the Slocan. The venture proved a success. He also managed the pioneer steamboat on Slocan\nLake, a boat that was sold to the Canadian Pacific when that Company took\nover all tbe steamboats on the Columbia\nriver and Kootenay lake. Mr. Hunter ia\nnow interested iu the William Hunter\nCompany, Limited, carrying on buainea\nas general merchani.1 at Silverton, Three\nForks and Alamo.\"\nThe business just taken over hy tbe\nSilverton firm waa established by G A\nBigelow in 1890. Harry Wilson, one ot\nthe firm, will have charge of the new\nbranch.\nWhen a won_.au baa a secret\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nAlthough ahe may not ahow tt,\nShe's just aa angry aa can be\nIf ao one wants to know it\n\ I\nil\n-.*\nIf \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00BB\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\ntl\nil\n*\ni\nII! J.,?.\nSTRANGE SUICIDE\nQueer End of a Wealthy New\nYork Citizen.\nDIED IN VACANT HOUSE\nCause of Death Not Yet Known-\nNo Violence or Robbery.\nNew York, Oct. 3.\u00E2\u0080\u0094What appears to be a case similar to that\nof banker Robert McCurdy Lord,\nwho rented a house in Mount Vernon in which to commit suicide,oc-\ncured today in a vacant house at\n3012 Fifth avenue. The owner,\nJas. O. West, worth between\n$300,000 and $400,000 and who\nlives at 147 West 27th st. with his\nwife and children, was found dead\nthere this morning.\nThe only furniture in the place\nwas what he had taken in. He\nlaid three curtains on the floor,\nplaced the comfortable and cushion\non them and died, in what manner\nis unknown.\nA surgeon who examined the body\ndid not determine the cause of\ndeath. There are no marks about\nthe body to indicate the cause of\nhis death. There are no signs of\nviolence ard no robbery was committed. He had lost no money in\nspeculating, so far as is known. He\nwas seventy years old.\nVIRTUALLY\nA PRISONER\nKruger Abused Privileges and Was Called\nDown*\nNew York. Oct. 3.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The restrictions around Kruger, are increased\nand he is virtually a prisoner, says\na dispatch from Lorenzo Marques.\nHe had been allowed to use the\nPortuguese governor's carriage.\nWhile driving yesterday he met a\nparty of burghers and made them a\npatriotic speech. The governor h*s\nnow refused him the use of his carriage.\nKruger has been warned to make\nno more speeches and is forbidden\nto wear the green sash that is the\ninsignia of his office. He expects\nto sail on a Dutch cruiser for Holland next week.\nNO IIIIHK AT HI/11.TII.V\nA\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00ABn>l\u00C2\u00BBl \u00C2\u00AB> \u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB uanilu Home or a Nob-\nairlkrr.\nHaxelton, Pa., Oct. 3.\u00E2\u0080\u0094There\nwas no material change in the strike\nsituation here this morning. So\nfar as could be learned about the\nsame number of men were idle\ntoday as yesterday.\nAn attempt was made this morning to blow up with dynamite the\nhouse occupied by Mitchael Zulick,\na mine worker in the eastern part\nol thecity, but no extensive damage\nwas caused. Zulick haa been\nworking since the strike went into\neffect.\namall Operators Oppose Idnnr,.\nHaxleton, Pa., Oct. 3.-\u00E2\u0080\u0094As yet\nthere has been no move on the part\nof the individual operators who are\nstill holding out against the big\ncoal mining and coal carrying\ncompanies to post notices of an ad-\nvunce in wages to the men in this\nregion.\nMi.inul*In Collieries Close.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Shamokin, Pa., Oct. 3.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Foi.\nlowing the example of the owners\nof the Midvalley collieries, the\nShamokin companies closed down\nthis morning. Three hundred men\nand boys were given employment\nby them during the past two weeks.\nFifty-nine cars were loaded with\ncoal at the North Franklin colliery\nat Trevcrton yesterday. |t was\nthe largest one day tonnage in the\nhistory of the coporation.\nTke Derby and *4rl**m MM\nThe biggest mining or real estate\ndeal which has been made in Rossland for some months past was\nclosed today when Lucien Weyl, of\nNelson, representing the Societe\nd'Ktudes de la Colombie Britan-\nnique, of Paris, France, purchased\nfrom T. B. Garrison and W. V.\nClark the Derby and Nelson No. 2\nmineral claims. The price at which\nthe property changed hands was not\nmade public but is understood to be\nabout $50,000 of which half was\npaid in cash and the balance will be\npaid on or before October 5.\nThe sale includes not only the\nmineral rights of these two properties, which adjoin the Legal Tender\n(Pack Train) and Nick of Time on\nthe south, the Alice and the Spitzee\non the west and lie within 600 feet\nof the Le Roi uselt, but also the\ntitle to 102 lots, generally known\nas the Derby addition, which immediately adjoin the original town-\nsite on the west and include the new\nschool site which Engineer Gamble\nwill recommend the provincial government to purchase.\nMr. Weyl was seen by a Record\nreporter just before he left for Nelson this afternoon. He confirmed\nthe news of the sale but said he\nwas not in a position to say just\nwhen the development of the claims\nwould be begun or whether his\ncompany would sell any of the lots\nat present.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2HOT IN THK BACK\nThe Ueeult or aa Kienloa KqaaabU\nta Hemt.eky.\nLexington, Ky., Oct. 3.\u00E2\u0080\u0094B. C.\nBenjamin, editor of the Lexington\nStandard and attorney for \"Tallow\nDick\" Combs, who is accused of\nbeing accessory to the killing of\nWm. Goebel, was shot in the back\nhere last night by Mike Moynahan,\nwhile fleeing after a registration\nquarrel.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0air Vet* A Her rail.\nButte, Mont. Oct. 2.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The Daly\nor independent democratic state\nconvention met here today. Governor Smith \u00C2\u00ABvas made temporary-\nchairman. T. S. Hogan, the present populist secretary of state, will\nprobably be the gubernatorial nominee. He was a Clark follower until he was tcrned down by the tri-\ntripartite convention at Helena.\nFl NITIVfc BXrBMTIONft.\nliersttan and Japakese < ulnuiu* Kaat\n\u00C2\u00ABH( Ki._-.lan. la Pekin.\nPekin, Sept. 27.\u00E2\u0080\u0094After the return of the German expedition to\nthe southward yesterday, a small\nJapanese force left Huang Tsun for\nTsing Yang, where the Boxers are\nsupposed to be congregating.\nThe Russians remaining in Pekin\nare two battalions of infantry and\na battery of artillery, Col. Trotiakoff\ncommanding. They will hold the\nsummer palace and the Machiape\nrailway terminus.\nBrlil.1. Troops for Taka.\nWei Hai Wei, Province of Shantung, Oct. 1.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The British first\nclass cruiser Terrible and the British\nsecond class cruiser Arthesua, with\nthe transports having on board the\nthird brigade of British Indian\ntroops, started for Taku today at\nshort notice.\nA LONG LEAD YET\nSalisbury Government is\nBeing Handsomely Sustained.\nSHENANDOAH\nIS PEACEFUL\n256 SEATS NOW DECIDED\nMinisterialists Have Carried 190-\nLlberals 39 and .'the Nationalists 27.\nLoudon, Oct. 3.\u00E2\u0080\u0094l'p to 2:50 p,\n111, the total number of members of\nparliament elected was 256, as follows: Conservatives, i6r; Unionists, 39; Liberals, 29: Nationalists,\n'7-\nToday's unopposed returns include Wm. Wither Brarhston Beach\nConservative, known as the father\nof the house of commons, who has\nrepresented Andover since 1857;\nMr. Joseph Austin Chamberlain,\neldest son of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Liberal Unionist, and John\nDillon, the former chairman of the\nIrish parliamentary party.\nUUIMI *. .Hur deposits and current accounts ..how an increase of\nCiej.oou thus showing steady an-! continuous progress. The notes in Circulation! h_ive>im reaseii\n-\u00C2\u00A3'104.000. the total now being t'; u too. compared\nwith /~4.;o.ooo In December, and with ijjo.ooo in\nJune m. This increase is quite remarkable: it is >\ndue partly to the general activity nt trade in the\nDominion, but more particularly to the large\namount of notes which have be*.n required for the\npurchase of gold dust and olher purposes at our\nrecently established northern branches. I hear\nhear 1 Bills payable and other liabilities show\nan Increase ol \u00C2\u00A3 153.000. Vou will have obseived.\nboth Irom lhe report and from the balance sheet.\nthat \u00C2\u00ABe have subscribed $2,500 to the lund for the\nrelief of the sufferers by the conflagration at Ottawa, and we feel confident that our action will meet\nwith your cordial approval. I Hear, hear) The next\nitem, which is again referred to specially in the\nreport, as well as the balance sheet, is an appropriation of 1.1,000 to meei expenditures on premises account. This sum we have)set apart out ol\nthe prohts of the half-year towards the expenditure on our new premises on (.rare-church street.\nThose of you uho from time to time visit the\nbank must have appreciated that, for a long time\nJiiliaiiursliurtf Het.geea nay He mm\nJohannesburg, Oct. 3.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The\nmilitary governor on Sept. 28 informed headquarters that he would\nbe prepared for the return of three\nthousand to lour thousand refugees\nweekly after October 10.\npast these premises have been entirely inadequate\nlor our business, and consciueiitliftlncarlyjthree\nyears ago, we decided that it was absolutely nee\nesiary tor us to make a change. The matter has\nconstantly occupied our attention, and during all\nthia time we have frequently eiulea-. nred to secure\nmore suitable offices, but without success, until\na few months ago we were ottered a long lease of\nthe lower basement nl the Woolpack building In\n(iracecluirch street. We do sot say that the situation is all that we 1 ould desire-but it it i.s not\nquite within the most select circle, it is at least\nconvenient, and we believe will prove suitable for\nour business. The accommodation which we have\nsecured should prove to be ample, not only for\nour present purposes, but for a considerable\ngrowth In our business. The ground Honr is now\nbeing adapted lor our banking requirements. It\nIs exceptionally well lighted, and will make a\nhandsome banking hall, affording to Ihe public, as\nwell as to the -tail of the bank the space\nwhich has been singularly wanting here. On the\nlower ground Door adjoining tlie board room we\nhave ai ranged for a large and comfortable room,\nwhich will bc devoted to our friends and customers from Canada. The number of those who annually visit us on business Inconstantly increasing,\nand tor a long time past It haa been a matter of\nconcern to us thai we have been quite unable to\nshow them any hospitality of this kind--our offices\nbeing so cramped that we have not even been able\nto provide a waiting room for their accommodation\nThe plans for our new premises have been arranged\nso as to supply tbis neea in the most convenient\nmanner possible, and we hope that in the future it\nwill be appreciated and constantly made use or by\nall our friends, to whom we desire to extend a very\nwarm welcome. (Hear, hear.) The basement will\nbe occupied by the store rooms The necessary\nalterations are uow being carried out under the\ndirection ol our architect, Mr, Mac-vicar Anderson\nand will, we hope, be completed before the end of\nthe year. The cost of these alterations will be considerable, and the sum which we have now appro\nprlated will not nearly suffice to cover It; but we\nhave thought that the balance might fairly be\nspared over subsequent half years. The usual appropriations for the benefit of the staff referred to\nin the report will, I feel sure, be approved. On the\nother side of the account, our cash and specie\namount to / 1,15.1,000. being an increase ol /,;;(,\n000, This represents a proportion of 51) per cent\nto our immediate liabilities. Vou will no doubt\nobserve that the bank is In exceptionally strong\nposition. We leel that the financial outlook is not\nwithout its uncertainties, and we like to be prepared for them. Cash at call and short notices\namounts to /'^ai.ooo\u00E2\u0080\u0094a decrease ofjyfioi.ooo: but\nthis decrease, you will observe, is much more than\ncompensated for by the increase In the last Item-\nUnder the heading of investment!, Consols remain\nunchanged, but we have added to our Hritish Government securities by tha purchase of /10,000 of\nthe National War Loan, which we have written\ndown to 90 out of the profits of the half-year so\nthat in our next balance-sheet, when the stoci_ is\nfully paid the 1:50.000 stock will stand in our books\nat *4s.ooo. In making this provision we are\nquite aware that it may be rcirarded as almost\nan extreme measure, for it . Is most unlikely Ihat a stock, repayment of which at par\nalter ten years is guaranteed by the Uri'.lth Gov\nernaqent, can fall to such a low figure; but, never\ntheless, the war In Ihe Transvaal It not even ye\nended, and i( Is impossible for anv of us to fore\ncast the expenditure dial may still be necessary\nfor military puruoses in South Africa and In China\nand conserantlf we have thought it well to be on\nthe safe side and Place this investment on the\nsame level as the Consols. iHear. hear I This\npurchase is another step toward the attainment of\nthe object whicli we steadfastly keep before us of\nhaying the whole of our reserve fund invested In\nBritish Government securities other investments\nshow a decrease of e*,ooo. The next item- bills\nreceivable, loans on security and other an mints-\nshows an increase of tiai.ooo. We carry forward\nto the new account /0.800. which i. slightly less\nthan in lune, i.1\nportance may consequently be dlinhK?,'.^ * aim'\nKaie not been iinm?nd Jul ofil, ?'K,MB'\u00C2\u00BB!?lh\"\u00C2\u00AB\nrial fe\"\" hiT S\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0084\u00A2aw,on\nthat Bennett is no long\u00E2\u0084\u00A2 the !_..\u00E2\u0080\u009E,.\u00E2\u0080\u009E \"or\u00C2\u00BBf',\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00B0\nbusiness Is rapid\"'dwindling\"aw!v Tn ?nd \u00E2\u0084\u00A2\nthe possibility \u00E2\u0080\u009Ee had no!!SX8 ^^\"M\nthe purchase ol a bank building ,, ' b>\ned an officii on \u00C2\u00BB abort tern, agree'i^aL\nBSTOJHB \u00C2\u00AB.? -rPTO.1 'i'iUe\nh\nCanada during the period unier review^ \"r\"\"\" _\"\nhas enjoyed another year of unii\u00C2\u00AB,,_d ' Clnada\nand during the KcaT*Mr mSGSTVj PrM\u00C2\u00BB!*rity.\nthe aggregate trade ol the 2858/23! toth ,'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 .16,000,000, an increase ol atou \u00C2\u00AB-,amoun,e<1 '\u00C2\u00B0\nthat of Ihe previous yea, ^Lfi'0.000',?0\" over\nfact that the aB^KjJTlffapSS \"'.'\nin? June, 1900. was greater than 1' , c _>e\" \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nc\"'\nto 1*1 wetl.,,1 that he 'r,;'\",M,l,','k\ncompare with a tot.l ottmlmT,*! I\"\"lr,'\u00C2\u00BB\nremarkable increase. I ,(,, j ,; ? , \u00C2\u00BB *\"\"*\nwine a, to attempt to mSim tt?8?J!2:\ncourse of traiio, but We ,, ', ,t1h\" ^-ore\nthut the raooen of uriealtnnX _V.l ,or_**\nspring of OlMUw'pSS^ 'anrt'i?'.\"-\ntherelore, Interest insto L, \u00C2\u00A3f'tu n. ltU'\nProvince ot Ontario the .,^1 lbml'\" th\u00C2\u00AB\nculture are bmJSSSvWt'ESftl.\"' If1'\npaarato belittle doubt th.i*18 '_\"* \"''\niiinintity and uualltv. On 11,,. \u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2_.\ntW result of ti,,. harvest , 'ieM1'1,|fl'\u00C2\u00ABH\nhardly fail to WOT. most .lisafl .'J \u00C2\u00BBii\u00C2\u00BB\nowiin to continued droiMfi, \"tlnKk\nwheat was nerionslv diiiimgeil' . ,!roPW\nthat In several disiricis it will n\u00C2\u00ABJnUc*lO\nfailure. AlthouKh 11 haa I,,,. \"**'\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\ntbat no iiiconsidenible pBn ,,1 ,,\"\"Pui\u00C2\u00ABi\nfavorable harvest still remain, uf1 ^'i\ntry, having Iwcti held back bv ii, \"^\nln tbe expectation of l.eiier i'm.' li[0*\u00C2\u00BBs\nno doubt Ihat tbo result will niiii \"\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nfactory to (lie furmer, and il,,,,,,,,'!_',\"\u00C2\u00BB,l\u00C2\u00BB'\ni I'iea will consequently sutler Tl, . '*'*>\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nof Ihe wining industry i., ll'ri .'.''^i\nbla continue! to Ih. JaUafaoW .?y*\nthough in the early part or the \u00C2\u00ABsVa*\nwere labor troubles in t|ln \u00E2\u0080\u00A2,,\"\"\"\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB\ncamp, which at one time n,s,, hlt\nmost threatening aspect, sen,,,,. ,.'*',\u00C2\u00BB\nwas averttxt by tha jmitdo, i UltT*'\nthe inanagurM of tha pHnolpsnSL?\nand at the present time the r.!|atCT1\ntween capital and labor ,,r\",'p , ^\nmon- harmonious thuu lor sonit tfi '\" '\nvlously. The oulput IV01.1 the ntfuSi.%\nonly keeping pace with, but axoa\u00C2\u00AB3S,tH\nol previous years, notwithsiuinii,,,, ,,*'}\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nIhat two of the principal propertiw 1, 2\nnot yet resumed shipments sine.. n\u00E2\u0080\u009E. 1'?\ntroubles U) whic h i have ulr.-udy .'\"','\nThe output is, In tact, larger thiin t,.,\nparity ol theaniellavs, which in oonsaoMiS\nare being largely added to. The tul.iT\nment of this industry brings with ,\nconstantly increasing jMipuian,,,, ' \u00C2\u00BB\nthus iirovides n ready ninrk.t |\u00E2\u0080\u009Er Z\nagricultural prmlucia of the N\u00E2\u0080\u009Erti,.\u00E2\u0080\u009E\n'rerrltorles. Tlie result of ihflH. pro\"\u00E2\u0084\u00A2'\nous conditions bas been a steady tlm/nTa\nfor money at fair rates, and the n.\u00C2\u00BB,,v,Jz ,\not Uie bank have conxe<|iieiitlv been inoSi\nably euiployeit. I must not, bowsvn \u00E2\u0080\u009E,, I\nto mention that in New Vork the rst'n !\nmoney al call and short notice ban- i,^\ndistinctly lower than in the prerioai lull\nyeur. As we ure in the habit ot eiiiiil\u00E2\u0080\u009EV|u,'\na part of our funds In New York, we |,'s\>\nof course, tell thc eftect of the low(.r M|J\ninU-rest. fHear. hear) The rhairmu,\nconcluded by moving the adoption ul ti.\nreport and (Milaiice-sheei, and IuvWh\n<|iiestions from the sbaroho Iders pnsnl\nLabor Congress al Nelson\nVESTKRDAV'S l\u00C2\u00BBROlKEI)|.V(,s.\nWhen the meeting was called lo\norder yesterday, James Wilkes wU\nchosen chairman and A. C. Thomp.\nson, of Rossland, secretary. The\ncommittee on credentials was thn\nappointed and the convention adjourned till 1 p. m.\nOn reassembling at one o'clock\nthe credentials committee reported\n43 accredited delegates in attend.\nance and nine proxies. The tem.J\nporary organization was then mad\u00C2\u00AB|\npermanent.\nA motion to form a permanent\norganization to be known as the\nIndependent Labor party of Bitot\nColumbia was carried.\nA resolution declaring it uiiwIm\nfor the party to put a candidate in\nthe field was defeated and another\nto nominate a candidate was unanimously carried.\nThe committee on platform, composed of Messrs.Thompson, White,\nProviance and Devine 1 hen reported\nthe following, which was adopted,\nafter striking out clauses in favor of\ndirect legislation and woman suffrage:\nPLATFORM.\ni.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Free compulsory education.\n2. \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Legal working day <>f eight\nhours.\n3.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Government inspection of all\nindustries.\n4.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Abolition of contract system\non all public works.\n5.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Public ownership of all franchises.\n6.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Prohibition of Asiatic immigration and the regulation of ull immigration by an educational test as\nto immigrant's fitness, and the abolition of all special inducements and\nprivileges to foreign immigrants to\nsettle in the dominion,\n7.--Abolition of child labor umfcr\n12.\n8.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Abolition of the $250 deposit\nrequired of all candidates for lhe\ndominion house.\n9.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Compulsory arbitration of a\"\nlabor disputes.\n10.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Prohibition of prison labor\nin competition with free tabor.\n11.\u00E2\u0080\u0094All election days to be tnnU\npublic holidays.\nII,\u00E2\u0080\u0094Abolition of dominion senate.\nIt being then half past 12 'he\nconvention adjourned till the mdrn-\ning when a candidate will be chosen.\nMLIoAtn I'RKSENT.\nThe delegates present are us follows: Nelson, George Payne, C.\nMathews, |. H. Mateson, John\nFletcher, John Couch, Thomas McKenzie (two votes), Edward Blew-\nett, Charles McKay, James Wilkes,\nJ. Clayton, Wm. McPhee, R. K',b-\nmson, Alex Murray, C. Anderson.\nWalter Kay; Sandon, Percy J-\nJohnson, Thos. Duffee(two proxies);\nRossland, A. C. Thompson, J-)'\nHand, John Horrobin, Jas. Devil*\nThos. Brownlee, D. M cDotig\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB<\nRupert Bulmer, John McLaren, A.\nFerris, L K Gurry, R P McD\u00C2\u00ABJ-\naid, Robert Inches (two proxies),\nGreenwood, James Ellis, CharW\nWilson, W J Kirkwood (four proxies); Kimberley, Harry Whdei\nMoyie, H H Dimok (two proxies);\nSlocan City, J V Proviance; NevV\nDenver, S J Weir; Silverton, J0\"\nBrandon; Whitewater, J J McDonald; Vmir, W J Hughes; Kasl\".\nDuncan McPhail. ,111. NKLNON AlMSBt,\nlaeaalaudCrtmlnalCaea WMeb Will\nThen He Disposed of.\nAt'the forthcoming session ofthe\nI assizes at Nelson on October i6,the\nfollowing criminal cases Irom Ross-\nland will be tried: Regina vs. Che-\nJnoweth, defendant being but eight\nLars old, murder; Regina vs. Albi,\n[defendant released on $10,000 bail,\nattempted murder; Regina vs. Algiers, putjury in connection with\n[jumping the Ve,vet minei ReKina\nj vs. Albo, accessory to attempted\n[murder by Albi.\nThere are a number of interesting\nleases from other parts of Kootenay,\nincluding a charge of fraud in a\nLining deal.assault, theft and house\n(breaking.\nGrand and petit jurors will each\n|be>iid at>e rate ol $2 per day.\n(This is the first time foi many years\nlat grand jurors will have been\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0paid. ___________________\nThe bulls are going to have an\nning in the mining stock markets\nol Canada and Great Britain, at\nleast so far as British Columbia\ntiocks are concerned. Prices can-\nLot be kept down when smelters are\niswamped with ore and railways are\nlinable to haul it; when shippers are\nbeing added to the list daily and old\nkhippers arc proving by develop-\niK'iit that their main ore bodies\nhave hitherto been untouched.\nALL ABOUT MINES\nGovernor Mackintosh Will\nFloat Another Company.\nNEW8 OF MANY CAMPS\nYmlr Mine Making Big Profits-\nLuck of a Kaslo Lady Ship\nments Increasing.\nIt is a very happy sign of the\nlimes and augurs well for the future\n)l the Kootenays that every smelter\nvhich treats our ores is increasing\nts capacity, while from all quarters\nhere is an urgent demand either for\nailway facilities, or, where these\nklready exist, for adequate equipment.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2RINCE CHIN6\nFOR PEACE\nrussians Allowed to\nComplete Conquest of\nManchuria.\nLondon, Oct. 1.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A St. Petersburg dispatch confirms the report\nthat the town of Kirin surrendered\nfo the Russians without a shot, on\nperemptory orders from Prince\nphing.* Should similar orders be is-\n1 with regard to Mukden, the\nRussian conquest of Manchura will\nN completed.\nMOBKHTS AND KITIIIKNKK\nlanirn,,. Rerorm lo Be Kutrusted 10\nThem.\nLondon, October 1.\u00E2\u0080\u0094In reference\nfo the appointment of Lord Roberts\n\u00C2\u00BBs commancer-in- chief, the Times\npays editorially that Lord Kitchener\ncome home to assist him at\nlis new post.\nTHK HHITIHH KLKtTIONN.\nAll Their\n|<<\u00C2\u00BBu..erva|lvM Have It\nOwn Way,\nLondon, Oct. 1, 5:40 p.m. \u00E2\u0080\u0094The\n|total of unopposed members elected\n|UP to this hour was 113, as follows:\n[ministerialists 97, liberals 8, nation-\nilists 8.\nSixteen Engiish <.<.Ill\nBy\nWlheaa vni.ger, F\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009Ei.,,rd\nHritish Hunboat.\nHongkong, Oct. 1.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The British\ngunboat Robin has shelled the vil-\n|age of Luk Lac on the West river,\n'\". retal\u00C2\u00ABation for the inhabitants\nfinngon a British steamer. The\nr\"'gleaders were afterwards captur-\ne\" and flogged.\nThe Hon. C. H. Mackintosh, in\nan interview with the Victoria\nTimes on his way home from Oregon, stated that another large company would be organized shortly by\nhim to control both industrial and\nmining concerns. He also stated\nthat it would be wholly disassociated from the British America cor-\nporation and would operate largely\nin British Columbia.\nMr. Mackintosh's visit to Oregon\nwas supposed to have been largely\nin the interest of his new company.\nNelson Dlslrlel.\nThe Duncan Mines will resume\noperations on the Granite at once,\nwork having been suspended for\nthe past two months.\nWork has been begun on the\nJuno on Morning mountain under\nthe direction of Charles Parker and\nM. S. Logan ot Rossland, the managing director of the company.\nWith the full 80 stamps now running regularly the monthly output\nfrom the Ymir mine will reach $50,-\n000, with a net profit of about $25,-\n000. The total output this year to\ndate has been about 25,000 tons,\nwhich places the mine second only\nto the Le Roi.\nThe -Boundary Country.\nThe band on the Mountain View,\nwhich adjoins the B. C. mine in\nSummit camp, has been taken up.\nThe mines at Phoenix have so far\nshipped 17,000 tons to the Grand\nForks smelter. Hereafter ship-\nm ents will be at the rate of 600\ntons per day.\nA new shatt has been started in\n$25 ore on the Golden Crown close\nto the Winnipeg line.\nThe Athelstan is shipping a car\nof ore daily from the Winnipeg siding.\nThe Golden Eagle's trial shipment\nto Grand Forks having proved a\nsuccess five more carloads will be\nsent down at once.\nThe Minnehaha company at Camp\nMcKinney has been absorbed by the\nSailor Consolidated, which has increased its capital from $1,250,000\nte $2,000,000.\nBl 111 es or Mors II.\nThe bond on the Smuggler group,\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2n Ten Mile, has been thrown up\nby the Warner Miller syndicate.\nWork has been started on the\nNeepawa, on Ten Mile, with a force\nof four men.\nOn the Hope mine, on Lemon\ncreek, a large body of mixed sulphides, resembling Rossland ores,\nhas been cut by a tunnel.\nT. G. Proctor ot Nelson has\nbonded the SiIverton.Boy for a Manchester, England, syndicate.\nThree inches of clean high-grade\ngalena have been struck in a new\nupraise in the Reco mine at a depth\nof 450 feet.\nAinsworth and Kaalo.\nThe Harris group, in the St.\nMary's country, has been bonded to\nSenator Burns and others of San\nFrancisco for $125.000. The lucky\nowner is Mrs. Jennie E. Harris of\nKaslo, who has several relatives in\nRossland.\nThe Hazel group, near Whitewater, reports a good showing of\ngalena.\nThe Highland mine at Ainsworth\nis being equipped with an aerial\ntramway and concentrator.\nIn Kaat Kooienay.\nFor the month of August the St.\nEugene paid ont $27,323 to 266\nmen.\nThe Monarch mine, near Field,\nwhich has been shipping to Trail, is\nputting in a concentrator.\nA large body of high-grade gold-\ncopper ore is said to have been\nopened up near Bear creek, back of\nDonald.\nThe Paradise mine, in the Windermere district, owned by a Toronto\nsyndicate, shows large bodies ol\nsand carbonates assaying high in\nlead,\nMoyie has a new shipper in the\nSociety Girl, which lies to the east\nof the St. Eugene and is owned by\nMr. Farrell. his opened by two\nshafts and a 200-foot tunnel, showing a large body of galena averaging 50 ounces in silver and 70\nper cent lead.\nJohn P. Larson says the John\nLull group'Jias 100 tons of shipping\nore on its dumps and will soon be a\nsteady producer.\nNear Kamloops.\nIn doing assessment work on the\nCinnabar Mining company's claims\nsome high grade \" quicksilver ore\nwas uncovered. On the dump are\nthree tons which will average about\n25 per cent.\nThe Iron Mask group on Coal\nhill has been sold to the B. C. Exploration syndicate of London,which\nhas be;n developing the Lucky\nStrike.\n-Lardean Notes.\nThe Ferguson Eagle reports a\ngold strike on the 'Vancouver and\nMorning Star, near the Nettie L.\nHigh grade silver-copper ore has\nbeen found on the Metropolitaa\ngroup, north fork of Lardeau.\nWHITEWATER\nSHUT DOWN\nEmployes All Called Out\nby the Miners'\nUnion,\nA special to the Nelson Tribune\nsays:\n'All the employes of the Whitewater mine and mill were called out\nthis morning by the Whitewater\nminers' union, as the result of a dispute over timbermen's wages, and\nthe whole force, both union and\nnon-union men, complied, causing a\ncomplete shut down.\nMAINLY ABOIT PKOFLK\nJohn 'Bryden will contest Vancouver district in the conservative\ninterest.\nHon. R. F. Roblin has succeeded\nHugh John Macdonald as premier\nof Manitoba.\nJoe Warren, ex-chief of police of\nSpokane has cleaned up a fortuue\nat Cape Nome.\nGilbert Parker, the Canadian novelist, is a conservative candidate for\na seat in the imperial parliament.\nMayor Garden of Vancouver has\nbeen unanimously nominated to oppose Mr. Maxwell, M. P., in Bur-\nrard.\nG. R. Maxwell, M. P., (Vancouver) has been nominatad by the\nliberals and endorsed by the labor\nparty.\nRalph Smith has accepted the labor nomination for Vancouver district (Nanaimo) for the Dominion\nparliament.\nTwo officers of the Canadian contingent in South Africa, Lieut. A.\nE. D. Layborne and Lieut. R. B.\nCampbell, of Nelson, B. C. have\nbeen given commissions in the imperial forces.\nDavid B. Bogle has obtained a\nposition in the department of mines\nat Victoria. He will have charge\not the preparation and distribution\nof bulletins giving statistical and\nother information regarding the\nmining industry of the province.\nJim Wardner, well known in the\nKootenays, arrived in Seattle recently from Prince of Wales island,\nAlaska. He speaks well of that\nsection and says the high grade ores\nare dentical with those of the Ross\nland's [big mines.\n******\nADVANGEINWAGES\nACROSS THE ATLANTIC.\nReading Company's Ten Per\nCent Ignored.\nSTRIKERS STANDI*!! FIRM\nWill Not Take Any Action Without\nthe Consent of President\nMitchell.\nWilkesbarre, Pa., Oct 1.\u00E2\u0080\u0094No attempt was made to resume operations at any of the mines. A meeting of the general superintendents\nof the big companies and the individual operators will be held here\nthis afternoon. It is thought a formal offer will then be made to the\nminers working in this vicinity.\nThe terms will probably be the\nsame as those prosposed by the\nReading Co. but so far ignored by\nthe strikers, a ten percent increase\nin wages with a promise to arbitrate other grievances if the men\nreturn to work. There will be no\nformal recognition ol the miners\nunion. If the men accept a ten per\ncent increase all well and good. If\nthey do not, the operators say the\nstrike is destined to goon.\nAt strike headquarters it was\ngiven out that the men would take\nno action, no matter what offer the\ncompanies should make, until the\npresident had been consu'ted.\nKline's Birthday.\nPretoria, Sept. 28.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Today being the birthday of the king of Portugal, Lord Roberts sent a telegram\nfrom the army in South Africa congratulating his majesty.\nTUB MAN FOB THK J0K.\nBaden-Powell Will Commaud soiuli\n\u00C2\u00BB friesn Polles.\nPretoria, Oct. 1.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Gen. Baden-\nPowell has arrived here to take\ncommand of the police in the Transvaal and Orange River colony, where\nit is proposed to maintain a force of\n12,000.\nmountalu Battery Besaptured.\nLondon,Oct. 1.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A dispatch from\nLord Roberts dated Sept. 30 says:\n\"Rundle's troops in the Bethlehem district have recaptured from\nthe Boers a mountain battery gun\nlost at Nicholson's Nek and also\n63,000 rounds of Martini-Henry\nammunition.\"\nTwo Uordon Highlanders Killed.\nLorenzo Marques, Oct. 1.\u00E2\u0080\u0094An\nexplosion occurred at Koomatipoort\nwhile the British were destroying\nthe Boers' ammunition, resulting in\nthe death of two and the wounding\nof 18 of the Gordon Highlanders.\nScotch Coal miners Coming.\nThe Hon. James Dunsmuir is redeeming his promise to replace his\nChinese employes with white labor,\nthe first batch of 200 Scotch coal\nminers being now on the way from\nGlasgow.\nChinese Situation Improulng\nWashington, Oct. 1.--Important\ndispatches were received today from\nChina comfirming the events recorded on Saturday.\nFrom Canton, Consul McWade\nreported the issue of a decree pun-\nishing Tuan and his colleagues,\nso that there is no longer doubt as\nto the accuracy of Sheng's statement on that point.\nMr., Conger also has received\nofficial notification of the appointment of the Chinese peace commission which was forecast by Minister Wit's advices several days ago.\nLi Hung Chang's long stay at\nTien Tsin gives the idea that he is\nnot fully satisfied that the reactionary element is overcome at Pekin,\nand is waiting more positive assurance.\nGeneral Chaffee has cabled the\nwar department that he has received the instructions to withdraw\nmost of the United States troops\nfrom China. The ninth infantry, a\na squadron of cavalry and a light\nbattery will be left as a legation\nguard,\nAgain the record for the voyage\nacross the Atlantic has been lowered. The Deutschland, of the\nHamburg-American line, recently\nmadejthe run between New Vork\nand Queenstown, a distance of 2982\nnautical miles,in five days and eight\nhours, a clean average of nearly 25\nmiles an hour for the whole distance. Thus step by step the time\nbetween the two hemispheres has\nbeen reduced since the days] of the\nold sailing vessels. Within the last\nquarter of a century the record has\npassed so often from one vessel to\nanother thai a'perlormance regarded as phenomenal at the time'was\nquickly forgotten, and navigators\nare not yet satisfied that the limit of\nspeed has been reached.\nThe Persia's record of nine days,\none hour and 45 minutes, made in\n185b, stood unbeaten for a decade,\nwhen the Scotia cut it down by a\nfew hours. She was followed three\nyears later by the City of Brussels,\nwhich made the run in seven days,\n22 hours and three minutes. Not\nto enumerate all the reductions\nothers came at intervals of a year\nor less as follows: Baltic, Berlin,\nGermanic, Britannic, Arizona, Alaska, America, Oregon, Etruria, Um-\nbria. This brings us to 1899, when\nthe City of Paris for the ffrst time\ncut the record below six days by\nnearly five hours.\nRecords since then have been\nmade as follows, the time being\ngiven in hours: 1891, Majestic, 138;\n1891, Teutonic, 136; 1892, City ol\nParis, 135; 1892, City of Paris,\n134; 1893, Campania, 132; 1894,\nLucania, 127.\nThe Lucania then held the record\nfor four j ears, when the Kaiser\nWilhelm der Grosse took it Irom\nher.\nDECIDEDLY\nIN THE LEAD\nConservatives Eect Forty /Members to Five\nLiberas.\nLondon, Sept. 29.\u00E2\u0080\u0094One hundred\nand sixty-seven constituencies returning one fourth of the membership ot the house of common?,\nmade their nominations today.\nUp to one o'clock this afternoon 58\nmembers had been elected unoppo1 -\ned, comprising 43 Conservatives,\n8 Unionists, 5 Liberals and 2\nNationalists.\nAmong the interesting personalities on the government side returned today without opposition weie\nJos. Chamberlain, the secretary of\nstate for the colonies, West Birmingham; George Wynham, parliamentary secretary for the war\noffice, Dover; Chas. T. Ritchie,\nthe president of the Board of Trade,\nCroydon, Sir John C. O. Colomb,\nYarmouth, Jesse Collings, under\nsecretary for the home department,\nBordesey division of Birmingham,\nSir Francis Sharp-Powell, Wigan,\nJos. P. Williams, financial secretary\nof the war office, South Birmingham, Col. Sir Chas. E. H. Vincent,\nfounder of the United Empire Trade\nleague, Central Sheffield, John Hen-\nniker llaten, Canterbury, Chas.\nBailby Stuart-Wortley, formerly\nsecretary of state for the home department, Hallam division of Sheffield,and Sir Edward Albert Sasson,\nHythe. The five Liberals retift-ned\nunopposed include Wm.Court Gully,\nspeaker of the house of commons,\nCarlisle, and Sir Henry Hartly Fowler, former under secretary of state\nfor home department and secretary\nfor Indir, East Wolverhrmpton.\nNominees In Cauada.\nOttawa, Sept. 29. -The following\nnominations have been made: for\nSouth Middlesex, M. McGugan, M.\nP., Liberal; Pontjac, G. H. Braba-\nzon, Conservative; Argenteuil, Dr.\nThomas Christie, Liberal; Comp-\nton, A. Gale, Liberal.\nThe declaration of the hotel keepers in Portland, Me., that they will\nclose their houses altogether if the\nsheriff insists on enforcing the liquor\nlaw, shows pretty clearly that int\nMaine at least prohibition does no\nprohibit.\n___^_M_____M^M^ss^MM__d_ii_ia^___M_n_a____at\nWAS ACCEPTED\nVanderbilt Gives His Daughter a Half Million.\nAS A THANK OFFERING\nFor the Duke's Safe Return After\nHit War Service In South\nAfrica.\nNew York, Sept. 29.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Wm. K.\nVanderbilt has given his cheque for\nhalf a million'dollars to his daughter, the Duchess of Marlborough.\nThe gift is io the nature of a thank\noffering for the duke's safe return\nfrom the war in South Africa, after\nabout seven months service. The\nduchess is now in Paris investing\nthe money in antique furniture and\ndecorative articles for the house in\nMayfair. Another half million dollars was a Christmas gift to the\nduchess from her father.\nKoysl Fan, r.\nLondon, Sept. 29.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The Queen\nnow has a long list of names submitted to her as those of persons\nworthy of honors for service in\nSouth Africa. The identity of those\nwho figure in this list is already\ncausing keen speculation in certain\ncircles. The shower of Bath (C.\nM. G.'s) Companion of St. Michaels\nand St. George, etc., will be unprecedented. It is rumored that Lord\nWolseley will be made an earl and\nbe appointed viceroy of Ireland to\nsucceed Earl Cadogan.\nWhat Lord Roberts will get remains a secret. Lord Kitchener, it\nis said, if he remains in South Africa, will be given the local rank of\nfull general, so that he can be second in command only to Gen. Buller, after Lord Rooerts leaves.\nTHE PACIFIC CABLE.\nThe newspapers in Australia are\ncalling attention to the fact that the\nPacific cable is not being lost sight\nof, as shown by the recent opening\nof tenders for 'construction, when\nthat of the Telegraph Construction\ncompany was found lowest at \u00C2\u00A31,-\n886,000.\nThree years ago the advisory\ncommittee appointed in London reported that the Telegraph Construction company estimated the cost of\na cable from Vancouver via Honolulu at considerably over ^2,000,-\n000. At the recent opening of bids\nsome of the tenders were lower than\nthe sum first mentioned above, but\ntheir terms and conditions were not\nsatisfactory to the committee.\nAnother View\nNew York, Sept. 31.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\"I have\nstrong reasons for believing that\nboth the Berlin and London press\nhave been misinformed,\" says the\nTribune's London correspondent,\n\"and that Lord Salisbury will not\nsupport the German demand that\ncertain leaders of the anti-foreign\ngovernment in China shall be surren-\nderedor punished before negotiations\nare entered into for permanent\npeace. He will deliver his answer\nafter all the other powers have expressed their views. I am convinced that his position will not be far\nremoved from that of the American\nstate department, with the single\nexception that there will not be any\nintimations that British troops will\nbe withdrawn from China. Lord\nSalisbury is too adroit a diplomatist\nto cause irritation at Berlin by a\npoint blank relusal to consider the\nGerman proposals, but he will not\ncommit Kngland to the impracticable policy of suspending all negotiations for peace, until the leaders ofthe campaign of outrage and\nmassacre are surrendered by the\nempress,\"\nHoers Defeated\nLondon, Sept. 28.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Lord Roberts\nreports to the war oliice under date\nof Pretoria, Sept. 27 as follows;\n\"The Boers attacked a portion of\nPage's forces at Pienaar river station this morning, but were beaten\noff after three hours fighting.\nm\<\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n1\nm Watches,\nClocks and\nJewelery.\nFine Watch Repairing a Specialty.\nAll Work Left atHTlie Lakeview\nHotel, 8ilverton, will heforward-\ned and promptly attended to.\nO. 11. Knowles,\nSANDON, R C.\nTHE glLHITMIll.\nPatubday, OrroBEK 6. iGOO.\nri'Ill.IHIIKIl KVBIIY HAT! 11DAV AT\nStLVERTON, B. U.\nHATH I SON linos., Kdltnrs * Props.\nSUBSCRIPTION* RATES:\nTWO DOLLARS A YEAR.\nAdvertising rules will Im uiuilo known\nupon application at this office,\nIP YOUR SUBSCRIPTION II? DUE\n0\u00C2\u00AB**\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB0 OR IN ARREARS A\n% % BLUE CROSS WILL\n0\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AE*\u00C2\u00AB\&\u00C2\u00A7 BE FOUND IN THIS\nSQUARE. SUBSCRIPTION AR*\nPAYABLE IN ADVANCE. PRICE\nTWO DOLLARS A YEAR.\nTHE\nSELKIRK\nHOTEL,\nme\nW1IAKF\nLARGE AND COMFORTABLE\nROOMS TABLE UNSURPASSED IN TIIE\nNORTHWEST.\ni...t.....t..........,..\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nil>\n88888888888888888888888?!\nIIMM1! & BARRETT\nSILVERTON.\n-PROPS\nB. C.\nThe first number of The Labor\nGazette, the official organ of the\nrecently created Department of Labor\nof the Dominion Government, has\nbeen received at this office. An an\nofficial publication, the figures and\nstatistics given in the Giiz-tto are\neliable. In time much good will\ndoubtless bii felt from the presence of\nsuch a publication in the Dominion.\nCOMMUNICATED. *)\n(Continued from front page.\nion religion ia founded, and substitute\nunwilling thut would make life easy and\niim \"narrow way\" as broad as tli\"\nboulevard to hell. As proof that they\nhave not eui-ceeded even to ibeir own\nsatisfaction, we need only look to thero\nsnd witness their unsettled, shifting\ndispositions.\nI trust, Mr. Editor, that you will\nfavor me with space for these brief\nremarks. Am tell aware that tbey may\nnot please the man who looks upon\nreligion as a plaything for women and\nI'bildren, hut I shall not trouble you\nagain. If am understood, it is, as\nanother has said, because I have expressed what you already know. \"Our\nspeech is intellixililu only to our own. 1\nenter into no arguments, and deal in no\napologetics. If yo'i do not comprehend\nme without explanations, you never will\nwith; explanations do not explain and\narguments very seldom convince.\nYours Tkuly\nThink About It.\nNew Denver, Oct. 5th. 1900.\nof Silverton,\nHAVE YOU PUT DOWN\nYOUR FRUIT FOR THE\nWINTER SEASON!\nIF NOT CALL ON REE VES\nFOR PRIOES ON\nTbe Manitoba Free Press, one of\ntha best dailies west of Toronto, has\njust installed a complete new plant\nhaving a capacity of 20,000 copies an\nhour. We have received an invitation\nto an \"at home\" to be given by the\nmanagement, and also a prettily gotten\nup booklet, descriptive of their office\nand work. In this booklet we note\nthat '20 years ago the Free Press\npulled off their circulation on a\nWashington, exactly as this great\npaper does to day.\nPUBLIC SCHOOL REPORT.\nThe standing of the pupils of the Silverton Public Scoool for tho month of\nAugust is as follows :\nV Reader.\nInez Calbick. )\nAlice Calbick. ,'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Even.\nAdelaide Horton. J\nIV Reader.\nFay Elliott.\nMamie McDonald.\nIll Reader.\nHarry Wbpeler\nSarah Lawson.\nMay Lawson.\nIT Reader.\nGeorge Horton.\nBertha Barker.\nII Primer.\nWilliam White.\nI Primer.\nEvelyn Horton.\nEudora Tyrne.\nM .teats Parsons, Teacher.\n21\u00E2\u0080\u0094Eiey, Wilson ck, T Pearson, H\nGrose.\nLilly, name, same.\n28-Owel, Carpenter ck, R Sloan.\nOet 1\u00E2\u0080\u0094Stars and Stripes, Silver mt, A\nMcGIIIivrav.\nassssshents,\nSept II\u00E2\u0080\u0094Lucky Jack, Harvetom Bell\nCopper Dept. Oom Paul, C K, Block\nEag'e. Va A \u00C2\u00A32\n18-Oid Man.\n19\u00E2\u0080\u0094Independent Fr. Margaret.\n21\u00E2\u0080\u0094Liherator No 2, Kaslo Fr.. Bristol\nFr, Heher Fr.\n22\u00E2\u0080\u0094Rupert, Lake Shore. Kelpie, Triumph Bendego Fr, Benhoo .Silver Creek\nMini Pill. Tramp Planet Fr, Dolly.\n24\u00E2\u0080\u0094Lihbie Fr, Alma, Lust Chance No 1\n25\u00E2\u0080\u0094Granite Mt, Silver Lake Falls,\nBuck Fraction.\n26\u00E2\u0080\u0094Coliinilms, Standard, Moncton,\nTwo Jacks Fr, Henrietta.\n27\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Robin, Amazon, Faraway. Laugh-\nIng VIuters.\n2S\u00E2\u0080\u0094Medium, Grand View, Golden\nWonder.\n2J-Comet.\nTRANSFERS,\nSept 18-Power of Attnrnoy.C MoGreg\nor. A Robin on to A W Wright, May 27,\n1808.\nRed Fox %, Red ox Fr hi. Centiai }i,\nC Metiregnr to G H Avlanl, Sept 15.\n21-Hewett A S Reed to P Criddle. all\ninterest in bond given to R Insinger, Sept\n20.\n26\u00E2\u0080\u0094Power of Attorney, D E Sprague to\nS I Henderson, Jan 23 1893.\nKaslo, Alnin, Ary, Kaslo Fr, Mono Fr,\nOption, D E Sprague to Geo (iurd, Sept\n14.\nCrosstell J\u00C2\u00A3, V C Rackliff to J M M\nBenedum, Sept 17.\nHewett, al1 interest in bond, P Criddle\ntoR Iminger, Sept 20.\nSandon Miners'\nHOSPITAL.\nUnion\nCraTo -apples\nEATING AND COOKING\nApples\nS51.50 $2.00\nFOR A CHANGE TRY 80ME\nSiveet\nPotatoes,\nH. H. Reeves,\nSilverton. B. C.\nA ONE HORSE GOVERNMENT\nInto what kind of one-horse affair\nhas our Provincial Oo .-eminent de. eloped? A great splurge was made\nwhen the Estimates were passed so\nSenerousy and roads galore were\npromised and provided for. On Slocan\nLake there the matter rests. Now\nthe snow is within sight and the\nSilver Mountain and Red Mountain\nroads are not yet begun, while properties are being held back waiting for\nthem. And this was to have been a\nBusiness Government!\nAnother matter was rushed along\nduring the lost session. The Liquor\nLicence Act was passed as a measure\nneeded at once. And as far as that\nmatter is concerned for the Slncau\ntbere it rests still. As yet, after s\nlapse of months, tbe licencing district\nis stiil unorganized. When a new\nlicence was required, of which tbere\nwere several, application had to be\nmade lo Victoria, where the circumstances cannot he known and the\nMINING RECORDS.\nNEW DKNVJtR\u00E2\u0080\u0094LOCATIONS\nSept 17\u00E2\u0080\u0094Adventurer, Silver Mt, W S\nThompson.\nCrowbar. Red Mt. ,T Finlay jr.\nIK\u00E2\u0080\u0094Surprise, nr Hill's mill, W Keil.\n19\u00E2\u0080\u0094Majuba Hill, Eight Mile ck. A V\nSmith.\n20\u00E2\u0080\u0094Brownie, near Silverton, It Insinger. Triumph fr., Four Mile, P J Hick\ney.\n22\u00E2\u0080\u0094Cashier, Cody, D D McPUil.\n24\u00E2\u0080\u0094Morning Star, Carpenter ck, II\nJohnson. ^^^__\n28\u00E2\u0080\u0094Ciow fr, Galena Farm, E FLloyd.\nOPEN TO TIIE PUBLIC.\nBATH\nHOUSE\nAND\nLA UNDRY\nUP-TO-DAtK IN EVERYBaAScr\nWos* van ax K. Ahhmm,., u*w'm\nshop in NEW DENVER w:a ., ,\"*\nWARDED TO MR AND MtOMlTLY RSTUWtl:l>*\nu\\\*a*. Xlaortftax*!)\nsilvertonT^^\n(Laundry Work Called For and Delivered Weekly.)\nB. 0\nCALIFORNIA WINE\nCOMPANY, LTD.\nNELSON, Br'&i\nAGENTS FOR\n CALGARY BEER.\nAdvertisers\nSubscribers, $1. per month.\nPrivate Patients, $2. per day\nexclusive of expense of physician or surgeon and drugs.\nDa. W. E. Gomm. Atteu,hint Physician\nMisj S. M. Chisiiolm, Matron.\nJ. D, McLaughlin, President.\nW. L II.wii.Kit, Secretary.\nWa. DoNAiiuB, .1. V. Martin, R. J.\nMcLean, A. J. McDonald, Mike Br/.dv,\nDirectors.\nTlie refiners' tra c . .. , . . you mV or refuse to contrihute vour\nelectors find themselves with .a choice proportion of suVh expenditure together\n^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\u00C2\u00BB with all cost of advertising, your Interest\nCONNECTIONS.\nEr Sun. To & From the North. Ex Sun.\n11:001 v. SiLVERTOit Arr. 15:40\nEx Son. To & From the South. Ex Sun.\n15:10 lv 8ii.ve._itu.* Arr 11.00\nFor rates, tickets, and full information\napply to G. B, Chandler, A gent, Silver-\nton, B. C, or\nt j make on election day for one of\nthree candidates; Oalliher, the Liberal,\nMacNeill, the Conservative, and\nFoley, the Independent People's Party\ncandidate. Of tbe three, two are\nlawyers, each representing one of the\nold political parties, neither of them\nbeing very well known outside of\ntheir home towns. The third man,\nFoley, is a miner, a recognized leader\namong men and a man who is well\nknown in both East and West Kootenay, That this third roan is goinq\nto give the other candidates a run for,\ntbeir money there ean be little doubt j RpCTP\nand all three of them will have to do'\nsome tall hustling between now and\nelection day. Now Int tbe Oovern-\n- --_-- \u00E2\u0080\u0094 ,K, _\u00C2\u00BB,,,,, interest\nin said claim will become the property\nof the subscribers under Section 4 0f\nAn Act to amend the Mineral Act 1900.\nF. F. i.ii-iisi'.iKit.\nT. H. Wilson\nn . \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 . . \u00E2\u0080\u009E. W* E. Gordon.\nSo fifteenth day of September\nTables supplied with nil the delicacies\nof the season.\nBENDBRHOtfA GBTaiMU, - Paoi's.\nSLOOAN CITY B. C.\n\"Five\nDrops.\"\nTo lit ray Slufan wdmum know\nUml I ban just, returned ha a par-*\njHiasiiii? trip in tb Kast, I u\n|ili;isc(j tn Id yon know that I Im\n*W It, nt) m su. gmb '%mim*\m. U m\u00E2\u0080\u009E n\n\u00C2\u00ABbe\u00C2\u00AB mn m IU, e,Mln. U ^ ^ fc,\u00E2\u0080\u009E M\nREPA1R1N(> A | l 1NV\"'I': YOU TO CALL\nSPECIALTY I AND INSPECT MY STOCK.\nJacob Dover, C TIIE JEWEUtt. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 HEISOJI. 11\nFine\nLaundry Work\nOf The\nFOR\nRHEUMATIC CURE\nTHAT CURES.\nWE ARE THE AGENTS\nTHIS AL?0 FOR\nLilac (/ream, tisllq's Hair Renewer,\nCanadian Corn Cure and Nyrnp\nof Korelioond and Tola.\nGeneral\nMining\nSupplies.\nFull Line Lumber,\nDry & Mixed! Sash and\nPaints.\nDoors.\nW. F. ANDERSON, \u00E2\u0080\u0094wmm vmj ^uw m ^ W\u00C2\u00A5erD_.\nTrsr.P\u00C2\u00ABs.A\u00C2\u00ABent, Nelson jment announce the polling date, let\nE.J.COYLE. ^^^^^^\nA. O. F. Agent, Vsnconve\nit be a fsir fight with no favors shown\nand let the best man win.\n/\nDONE BY\nO. Tyree,\nSilverton. B. 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