"79c6101c-518c-4a36-9a5c-cea3da14d6db"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2015-12-08"@en . "1900-08-24"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/slodrill/items/1.0221011/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " / /\nf AJ2\ny\nTHE SLOCAN DRILL.\nVOL. I., No. 21.\nSLOCAN, 1$. C, AUGUST 24, 1M0.\n12.00PER ANNUM.\nA. C. SMITH,\nSLOCAN, . . B, C.\nDealer in Cigars, Tobacco, and Fruits.\nAgent for Brantford Bicycles.\nLeave Your Order With\nA. David,\nTHE HINER'S TAILOR,\nFor a Nice Fall Suit. Perfect Fit Guaranteed. Wc use oily Al.\nTrimmings and the Finish is First Class.\nMAIN STREET, SLOCAN. Three Doors South of Postoflice.\nA. YORK & Co\nDealers in Fresh and Salt\nHeats, Vegetables and Provisions.\nGoods shipped to any part\nof the Slocan.\nSLOCAN,\nB. C.\nA Hint\nto Housekeepers .\nTHIS is the season of the year when\nthoughts tarn to Preserving and\nPickling. We have prepared for\nthis, and our stock of Sugars, Vinegars,\nSpices, and other necessaries will bo\nfound Frcsh.Purc and moderate in Price.\nW. T. Shatford & Co* General Merchants-\nSlocan, Vernon, Fulrvicw, and Camp McKlnney, B. C.\nSLOCAN, B. C.\nHas ample accommodation for a large number of Quests and supplies the best of\neverything in the Harket.\nALEX. STEWART, Prop.\n-Arlington\nSLOCAN, B. C.\nOffers up-to-date accommodation for the\nPublic. It is the home of Travelling,\nCommercial, and Mining Men.\nOETHINO & HENDERSON, - Proprietors.\nThe\nHotel\nlocan.\nSlocan, B. C, is under the\nSkill ana Personal Haiaptst of Jeff Baty,\nWho is ever ready to make life pleasant for those\nwho tarry within a while with him.\nWILSON HOUSE,\nSLOCAN, B. C.\nIs reached by any trail or road\nthat runs into the Town.\nDo not go past its door when\nyou are dry, weary or hungry.\nA. E. TEETF-R.\nProprietor.\nSPECULATOR BONDED.\nBIGGEST HKA1. OF Tin: SEASON WAS\nMAOK THIN WEEK.\n.I. Frank Collom Secures Ooe ofthe Fluent\nProportion \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Springer Creek-Ilond\nfor One Year lit Fifty-Five Thouiand\nDollar!.\nJ. Frank Collom, on Monday, secured what is looked upon as one of\nthe most promising group of claims\non Springer creek, and one that is\ndestined to he a shipper of big importance. It was the Speculator\ngroup, consisting of thc Speculator,\nMineral Mountain, Eda fraction, Empire and Westslde claims. The property adjoins tho Arlington, the first\nthree claims being on the lead running into that noted mine. The\nSpeculator itself is the original claim\non that part of Springer creek,having\nbeen staked in August, 189-1.\nThose interested in the deal are:\nK. I. Kirkwnod, who owns the major\nportion of thc group; T. Kilpatriek,\nof Revelstoke; C. E. Smitheringale,\nand A. Tanks. The bond is for one\nyear and is for the sum of $55,000,\nmaking it the biggest deal ofthe season. The terms of the bond arc verv\nfair to both parties, calling for five\nper cent down\u00E2\u0080\u0094which payment has\nbeen made\u00E2\u0080\u0094Hve per cent in six\nmonths, and thc balance in a year.\nA certain amount of money must also\nbe spent in active development each\nmonth during the bond, commencing\nSeptember 1 The privilege is given\nto lift the bond at anv time, bills of\nsale of the claims being held in es-\ncrew in the Hank of Montreal, in\nNelson.\nThe Sjioculator group is a shaft\nproposition, taking in tlie summit\npretty well up to the Ten Mile summit. Its surface showings are great,\nand the ore is high grade, carrving\nconsiderable native silver. Much\nsurface work h s been done on the\nSpeculator and tlie Mineral Mountain\nclaims, and recently a 40 foot tunnel\nhas been driven in on thc former,\ndisclosing valuable mineral, Its\nproximity to the Arlington rond and\ntrails makes the working of the property at once convenient and economical and, in Mr. Col loin's hands, is\nbound to come to the front. Mr,\nCollom Is to be heartily congratulated\non his deal, and his well known administrative powers will rapidly pro\nduce another shipper to help out the\ncamp. His purchase is conveniently\ngrouped, with an abundance of timber and water.\nWith the Speculator group gono,\nthere remains but thc Mabou and\nOhio group, witli the Gertie K fraction on thc summit, between the Arlington and the Enterprise, on Ten\nMile. This property is still in the\nhands of tiie original owners,of whom\nMr. Kirkwood is the principal. He\nit was, also, who staked and sold the\nEnterprise. Active work is now being poshed on tlie Mabou, which also\nbids fair to turn out a bonnnza, having both the Enterprise and Neepawa\nveins exposed.\nDooUred Off,\nContrary to general expectation\nand belief, the deal for the purchase\nof tho Neepawa gronp, on Ten Mile,\nis off. An option for 30 days was\ngiven by Messrs. Shannon and Mc\nGillivray to the Warner Miller ]>eo-\nple, the time being up on Monday.\nLast Friday an Inspection of the property was ninde by Mr. Miller aid\nparty anil they were abundantly satisfied. Saturday the owners ciimc\ndown from Denver to sign the pnpers\non Monday morning. The deal called for the payments *\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ,1C \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*tl*J '\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nfour equal sums, but tlie owners objected to signing a bill oi sale for a\nquarter interest in tho property with\neach payment made, so the negotia\nturns fell through. The Neepawa is\nlooking in elegant shape at lhe present time.\t\nStruck a Now Lend.\nP. McVicars, who is oporating the\nTwo Friends, \v;is in town on Tuesday and stated a new ledge had been\ncut in the second lowest tunnel on the\nproperty, which he believed was the\nparent vein. It showed considerable\nconcentrating ore, but tho lowest\ntunnel being run would undoubtedly\nexpose f hipping mineral. The lead\ndid not show in any of the top workings and its discovery was totally j\nunexpected. Mr. McVicars will commence sending down ore for shipment\nIn another week.\n('onm-ciinc; iioini i\" i.ptniiii Crook.\nR. F. Green, M.P.P., has written to\nparties in town in response to a memorial sent him respecting a road to\nconnect with Lemon creek rond, and\nsays he has urged the government to i\nhave the work done tills sens m, He '\ntrusts they will do something, though\nhe is afraid they will not spend much\nmoney on tho desired improvement.\nMr. Green stated he would lay the\nmemorial before the chief com mis\nsioner and urge upon him the necessity of immediate action. Mr. Green\nwill visit this town on his return from\ntho legislature.\nTHIt l Oltl'Olt VTM1N TALK.\nOch, aliure,an1 hnvo vex heard,me bhoy\u00C2\u00BB,\nWlint fame abroad has flung\nTho word thnt ia in iv'rv mouth,\nThe ppacho on iv'ry tongue;\nAv how our grate metropolis\nAv Koot'iuiv's richest rock\nIs all alive nn* joinin'\nIn n corporation talk?\nThere's hapel av great excitement\nIv'ry day widin the wake,\nAn' a dale nv spachefyin'\nBy who iver cares to spake;\nFor a few there aro agin it\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nThere's always some to balk-\nBut they're mostly nil in favor\nAv thc corporation talk.\nThin Mulveytmvn an' Brandontown\nWid us will all unite;\nWe've always been united,\nBut wu'll thin be welded tight.\nAn' there'll bo some big improvement,\nIf we're rightly putting stock\nIn tbe way that rumor's workin',\nIn the corporation talk.\nShure, it iv'rytbingis worked the way\nIt ought to be by right\nWe'll have to have some watherworka\nAn' Borne electric light j\nAn', bedad I meeilf ia tbinkin'\nAv improvements 'round the dock,\nAn' a little slrate car system\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nOi'm for corporation talk.\nAn', whin there's mayor and aldermen\nTo boss how thinge are run,\nThere must he more officials\nTo8ee the work ia d ne;\nAn', perhaps, n ahtout policeman,\nTo parade on iv'ry Mock-\nAll this may be the outcome\nAv the corporation talk.\nIf ye're wantin' av some peelers,\nHere's niesilf that iiiulcrshtands,\nAii'h dozen sous av Krin\nWid ehilleylehs in their hands;\nFor shure, we're always riddv\nFor to give an' take a knock,\nAn' we're honest, straight an' aliddy,\nAn', lor corporation talk.\nIt it's loike tho day is comin',\nWhin the place will so advance,\nThin, there's lots av honest fellows\nWill be glad to have a chance;\nAn' theriverind city fathers\nTo the council hall will llocl',\nTo wrangle, loike they're doiu'\nIn this corporation talk.\nR. T. AxiiEitsox.\nLemon Creek, B.C.\nl'Hlnfiil Accident.\nMonday morning a painful and\nserious accident befel J. Mallinson\nWilliams, manager of the Chapleau.\nHe was riding up Main street on his\nnew saddle horse and, when opposite\nSmith's fruit store, the raddle slipped\nand he fell off. His right foot caught\nIn the stirrup and the horse started\noff, dragging Mr, Williams along the\nground. At thc drugstore corner the\ncinch strap fortunately broke and re\nleased him, but not before serious injury had been done. The leg was\nbadly fractured below the knee and\ntwisted at the joint, besides being\nbadly bruised. Mr. Williams was\nhastily conveyed to thc hospital, and\nhis injuries attended to by Dr. Hcnt-\nley. He is resting easily.\nMineral Art Amendment**.\nSaturday evening a public meeting\nof prospectors was held in the Music\nHall, to discuss amendments to the\nMineral Act. This action was in response to a request from thc government to the local recorder asking\nsuggestions on that point. The\namendments proposed wcic: Toabol\nish the payment ol $1UU in lieu ot as\nsrssment work, advertising out do\nlitiqiient co owners In .\">0 days, and\nthe allowing of trails and roads lo\ncount as assessment work on chiinis.\nFrank Dick..I. A. Foley and A. E,\nTeeter were appointed n committee\nto draft a resolution to the government, embodying these suggestions.\nS|n Iiiki'i- Creek lloail.\nThe Springer creek road is in such\na Shape that teams are enabled to:\ntravel up and down, the first load of'!\nsupplies reaching the Arlington niiiicj\non Tuesday. This marks an import\nant step In the advancement of the\ncamp and is certain to have great re-:\nsuits. Tho new section of the road\nat this end is not quite finished, but'\nis being rapidly constructed. More!\nattention will also be paid to the up-\npcr suction, built a month ago. The\nold road is being used out of town!\nand, altogether, the entire routo is in\nfair condition.\nIllK Strike oil the inn I'lli-iidr*.\nSeveral parties came down from\nthe Two Friends on Saturday night\nand stated thnt a big strike of clean\nore had been made on that property I\nduring the week. It consisted ul lour;\nfeet of solid galena and was made in\none of the old stopes. Ore is now\nshowing in nearly all the openings\nA carload of mineral is piled on thu\ndump.\t\nVl-r-Klt SI.OCAN MINKS.\nThe Emily Edith Is gradually increasing its force.\nFrom the Ruth 1)0 tons of ore has\nbeen exported in two weeks.\nA large portion of the Slocan ore is\nbeing sent to the Kaslo sampler.\nFifty ton3 of ore was sent out by\nthe Slocan Star during the week.\nA compromise has been effected in\nthc Noonday-Curley entanglement.\nThe Rockland group, near Silver-\nton, has been closed down for a short\ntime.\nDenver expects big tilings to follow\nthe completion of the Silver mountain\nroad.\nThe Vancouver is running a long\ncrosscut to tap the vein at 500 feet\ndepth.\nWork has commenced on a 300 foot\ncontract on the Eureka, owned by J.\nC. Ryan.\nThe Bosun has a force of 45 men\nemployed, most of whom board in\nDenver.\nEverything is in shape at the Galena Kurm for the re-opening of tlie\nproperty.\nSmall shipments were made Inst\nweek by the American Hoy and the\nTrade Dollar\nThe Molly Gibson people have purchased the cable from the Lanark\ntramway at Laurie.\nThe ore chute lately tapped on the\nMountain Con by W. W. Warner is\nsteadily improving.\nThe Noble Five concentrator is\nmaking a short run to clean up the\ndumps and ore bins.\nAn expert examination of the Moilie Hughes group, at Denver, was\nmade a few days ago.\nThe Payne has shipped 120 tons of\nore for tho month to date, 210 tons\nbeing sent out last week.\nA large tonnage is being exported\nfrom the Whitewater, the figures for\nthe month being 318 tons.\nThe Peoria.in tiic McGuignn basin\nhai been reorganized. A small\nshipment of ore has just been sent\nout.\nA 150-foot winze is being sunk on\nthe ledge on the Slocan Star, and is\nexposing a big chute of high grade\nore. Fifty-live men arc working at\nthe mine.\nOUR ORE SHIPMENTS\nSUBSTANTIA!. SHOWING MAOB Ut\nTHIS I>1 VISION.\nTIiIh Hchhoii Id Far the llent on Record\u00E2\u0080\u0094A\nHealthy Kvldnnce of the Life aitfi\nWealth of the Camp- Enterprise the\nlilKKOit Shipper.\nThe end of small things in the way\nof shipments from this division has\nbeen reached and within a month tiro\nweekly tonnage will be substantial.\nThe Springer road can now be used\nfor hauling and thc Arlington oris\nwill soon be traveling towards tht\nrailway, as will also oro from tho\nTwo Friends. During the week, 20\ntons was sent out by thc Enterprise\nmine, billed for Trail.\nFollowing is a list ot thc shipments\nthis year to date:\nMINK. WKKK. TOT.VU\nEnterprise 20 WW\nArlington 1100\nBlack Prince IMV\nKilo 2(1\nHampton ... 3\nPelt tlie lllow Keenly.\nCapt. Seaman and Purser Wright,\nof the steamer Sloean, have n ceived\ntwo communications from R, Everard\nHutchison, father of the young fellow\ndrowned ofl the vessel two weeks or\nso ago. Mr. Hutchison feels the loss\nof his son most keenly, but is very\ngrateful for the kindly words of sympathy sent by thc officers and crew.\nYoung Hutchison was born on July\n0, 1860, and his father describes him\nas affectionate, upright, industrious,\nsober and loyal, nnd ns good a son ns\never lived or died. The day the wire\nwns received telling of his doath, his\nfather received a letter from him\nstating how bright his prospects were.\nDeceased was one of u family of 12\nchildren, whose mother died eight\nyears ago. His grandfather, for\nwhom he wns named, was some years\nago in the House ofCominons.Ottawa,\nas representative for Northumberland, New Brunswick; while on his\nmaternal side, tho young fellow was\nconnected with Qeorge II. Duggao,\nof the Seawanhaka cup fame.\nStruck b Guild Tiling.\nThe Tattersall Iwys have struck a\nmost encouraging proposition in the\nbig basin nt the head of Twelve Mile,\nand the work now being done is\nproving it Up in line shape. A small\npiece of float was first found on the\nsurface, then a boulder, l-oth carrying galena, zinc nnd spar. Three\nfeet ol wash wns stripped off and the\nI ed go disclosed, It is five feet in\nwidth, with a six inch scam of talc\non either side separating it from the j\nporphyry walls. Qnlena is showing!\nthroughout the ledge,increasing with\ndepth. Two claims are in lhe group, j\ncalled the Myrtle and Ivy. It is a j\nsinking proposition nnd thc boys have\nput up a camp and commenced a\nshalt to show up the lead.\n20\nMINKS AND MI.NINU.\n1288\nThe ladies of the W.C.T.U. will\nhold an At Home, in the Music Hall,\non Aug. 80th, nt 8 o'clock. A short\nprogramme will be given and re-\nrrosnmenti served. A collection will\nbe taken up to defray the expenses.\nBritish Columbia has done well nt\nthe Paris Exposition, having been\nawarded a grand prize for her mine\nml exhibit.\nBar silver continues to hold to the\n61 cent figure.\nAll the piers arc in place for tho\nChapleau tramway.\nThere is a growing demand for\ngood miners in the camp.\nA number of mining men were in\nthis wock enquiring after property.\nAlmost every working property in\nthe camp is increasing its force of\nmen.\nSenator Ilansbrough, of South Dakota, came in this morning, looking\ntor property.\nThc force employed at tlie Enterprise has once mora assumed respectable proportions.\nDrifting on tho vein is in progress\nin the No. 4 tunnel and the upper\ncrosscut on thc Enterprise.\nThe force at the Chapleau caniw\ndown the hill Saturday because of a\ndisagreement with the foreman.\nThe cribbing is being put in for the\nChapleau mill and every preparation\nmade for the speedy erection of tho\nframe.\nSome of the finest ore ever seen in\ntown is being shown from the Speculator. It is fairly plastered with native silver.\nAdvices from London state tho\nmarket for B.C. properties is Improving. Several enquiries have been\nmade for properties in this vicinity.\nLargo quantities of concentrates\nwill be passing through here shortly\nfrom the St. Eugene, at Movie. They\ngo to a Chilian smelter, via Vancouver.\nThc force on the Mnliou has been\nincreased to three men, the intention\nbeing to push the crosscut to the Enterprise lead and to also show up the\nNeepawa lead,\nJ. D. Kendall, who reported on the\nEnterprise when it wns sold, passed\nthrough here this week from England to report on the Emily Edith, on\nFour Mile creek.\nThe Chapleau management is asking tenders for hauling 800 tons ofJ\nmachinery from Lemon siding %\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\ntheir millsite, a distance of 7A miles.\nThe bids nru tote opened on Monday.\nThe Nelson smelter was to blow in\nthis week, with a full stock of ore or\nhand. Manager lied ley says the Arlington will ship its ore regularly to\nhis works, ns well ns a number of\nother Slocan mines.\nC. D. Kami came in on Monday\nand went up to the U and I group, on\nTen Mile, with Joe Saultcr. He was\nimmensely pleased with tho property,\nwhich hebelleves will turn out one\nof thc big mines of the camp.\nJ, D. Kendall, the noted expert,\nmade a careful examination or the.\nEnterprise again this week, peno-\ntrattng all the workings. He sam\npled the ore at the mine and dock\nand took away several sacks of mineral for analysis.\nA small sized excitoment broke out\nduring the past tow days at tho head\nof Ten Mile and quite a number of\nclaims were staked In the D and I\nbasin. Several of the hoys from town\ngot in on the ground floor and are\nshowing fine samples of ore.\nDlreotors' Meeting;.\nThursday night a meeting of the\ndirectors of the Slocan Lake Mining\nCo., owning thc Howard Fraction\ngroup of mines, was held at the Wilson House. After considerable deliberation, it was decided to make\narrangements to hnvo a working\nlease taken on the property,or to sell\nA. E. Teeter wns elected UcusuiQl\nand managing .director. DIAMOND DRILLS\n.\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nI\nii\n1\nI'\nGovernment Operations as Suggested\nby H. B. Neave.\nMINISTER (\u00C2\u00BBNOHB RELIEVED\nA matter that the local board of\ntrade might very well take up is the\nsuggestion of H. E, Neave, mining\nengineer, now of Peterboro, East\nKootenay, but formerly of Rossland.\nMr. Neave urges the government\noperation of diamond drills in the\nvarious mining districts of the province with the view of provmg, by\nexhibiting the core obtained, that\npay ore exists at a depth of say\niooo feet and, in addition, obtaining\nvaluable .information concerning\nlocal geological formations which in\nmany cases would prevent the waste\nof money now paid out for mine development in its earlier stages were\nthe lower formations known accurately. In writing to a Rossland\nfriend Mr. Neave states that in the\nJohannesburg gold fields it was for\na time almost impossible to interest\ncapital for development until deep\ndrilling assured the permanency of\nthe min\".s, when millions of pounds\npoured into the country.\nAs Mr. Neave spent some years\nin South Africa his views are worthy\nof more than passing notice. He\nstates that since his article appeared\nhe has been deluged with letters\nfrom all over the province and that\nthe minister of mines has written\nhim asking for further details and\npromising to favorably consider the\nsuggestion. Briefly Mr. Neave proposes to let the government purchase ten or more drills exactly sim-\nilar.to allow of interchange of parts\nand able to bore to a depth of iooo\nfeet. Two other drills of larger\nsize to bore to 5000 feet, and say\nfive other small especially portable\ndrills, 10 be capable of mule or horse\ntransport and to bore to say 500\nfeet.\nAny locality having a sufficient\nrevenue per annum in recording fees\n|and miners' licenses to warrant the\nexpense should be entitled to a drill;\nif the request was made to the minister of mines' department, for one\nto be sent. Under special circumstances a mine, not ranking as the\nleading property, should be entitled\nto have one or more holes put down\nat the cost of the mine owner, providing exceptional reasons were\nurged and found satisfactory to the\nprovincial mineralogist.\nThe cores should be on view for\none year at the local recorder's\noffice and blanks inserted at such\nportions where core core had been\nremoved for assay by the department. At the expiry of one year\nthe cores should be lodged in Victoria at the minister of mines' office\nor other suitable place and diagrams\nissued to the district recorder and\nposted in a prominent place in lieu\nthereof.\nDrills were used in the early days\nof this camp but for a time were\nabandoned. Now, as everyone\nknows, they are being actively used\nwith good results in several of the\nmines. It is stated that the Ontario government have two drills in\nactive operation in the Rainy River\ndistrict in that province and our\nown government may be induced to\ntry the experiment along the lines\nsuggested. The local boaid of\ntrade might very well obtain the details of Mr. Neave's plan and submit\nthem to some of our Rossland engineers for further suggestion.\nHe Need* Rest Alter HI* Recent Terrible Experience*.\nWashington, Aug. 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The war\ndepartment sent General Chaffee a\ncablegram of four words today\nwhich practically takes things out\nof Minister Conger's hands and puts\nGeneral Chaffee in the position of\nthe utmost responsibility.\nThe message said: \"Report\noperations, situation, requirements.\"\nThere is no intention of depreciating Minister Conger; the government has the liveliest sense of gratitude for him, but it is not deemed\nexpedient to act on his dispatches\nbecause, after his terrible experience, he is naturally biased, and\nbecause he needs and deserves\nrest. __\nChamberlain-Richard*\nBirmingham, Eng., Aug. 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nEthel, daughter of Mr. Jos. Chamberlain, was manied today to Mr.\nWhitmore Richards, a London\nlawyer.\nBOERS ASSEMBLE\nEight Thousand of Them Gather at\nMachadorp\nA OHAND PRIZE.\nTo Oppose Liberal*\nMontreal, Aug. 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A special\ndispatch Irom Winnipeg says it has\n.leaked out there that a few of Hon.\n\"Joseph Martin's \"Populist\" friends,\nhave created a little fund and are\nmaking arrangements to oppose\nthe liberals in the next general\nelections.\nCorean Rebel*\nYokohoma, Aug. 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094An official\ndispatch from Corea, says that a\nthousand rebels have attacked Song\nChing, and burned the government\nbuildings locutedthere.\nBritish Columbia Mineral Exhibit\nWin* at Pari* Exposition\nToronto, Aug. 22.---A special\nLondon c?\u00C2\u00BBble the Toronto Evening\nTelegram, announces that the prize\ncommittee of the Paris exposition\nhave decided to award a grand\nprize for the exhibit of mineral sent\nin by the British Columbia department of mines.\nHigh Taxation\nVictoria, Aug. 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Corridors ot\nparliament buildings are beginning\nto swarm with mine-owners and\nrepresentatives objecting to the\ndoubling of the rates of taxation\nupon the mineral outputs. Little\nhope of any alleviation, however, is\nin sight.\nTwyflaar, Aug. 20.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Through\nsecret intelligence agents, the British authorities learn that Gen. Louis\nBotha, the commander in chief of\nthe Boer forces, Gen. Lucas Meyer,\nthe commander ot the Orange Free\nState forces and Gen. Schalkburger,\nvice president of the Transvaal republic, with eight thousand Boers,\nhave assembled at Machadorp,\n(generally understood to be the\nheadquarters of President Kruger,\non the Pretoria, Delagoa bay,) with\nthe whole Boer artillery, including\nthe heavy pieces formerly at Pretoria.\nLondon, Aug. 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The following\nis from Lord Roberts, dated August 21\u00E2\u0080\u0094Lieut. Col. Litwell recon-\nnoitering near Ventorsburg engaged the Boers. Two British were\nwounded. Lieut. Spedding Davenport, Surties, Watson and a medical officer and twenty four men are\nmissing. Hamilton has crossed\nCrocodile river.\nPaget and Baden-Powell engaged\nthe commandoes protecting Dewet\nAugust 20. Lieutenant Flowers\nand one man were killed. Lieutenant Kirby and six men were wounded.\nA Scriptural table\nBoston, Mass., Aug. 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The\nAmerican board of commissioners\nfor foreign missions received a\ncablegram today from Chefoo as\nfollows:\n\"Psalms 124, verse 7. Pekin and\nTung Chow missionaries, also Cha-\npin's, Smith's, Wickoff s saved.\"\n[Verse 7, ofthe 124 psalm, tells\nthe following story: \"Our soul is\nescaped as a bird out of the snare\nofthe fowler; the snare is broken\nand we are escaped.\"]\nCholera at Hombay\nWashington, D. C, Aug. 22,\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nUnited States Consul Fee, at Bombay, reports that cholera is raging\nthere.\nTOIIAV'S STOCK NALKM.\nFollowing is a summary of the\nsales on the local exchange today\ntogether with the quotations:\nRoaaland dale*.\nSales today on the local exchange\nwere as follows: Evening Star,\n2000, 2000, iooo, 5000, 8y2c; Tam-\narac, 500, 5c; Winnipeg,500, iooo,\n8}^c, 1000, 8^c; Giant,2500, 2^c,\n2000, 2^c; Rambler-Cariboo, iooo,\n23c; London Consolidated, iooo,\n1000, 1000, 30c; Waterloo, 2000,\nly&c Total sales, 23,500 shares.\n4SKID RID\nAthabasca 2H 24\i\nBO. Gold Fields A% 2\nBig Three 8\nBlack Tall 15 10\nBrandon A Golden Crown. 10 13\nCalifornia 10 7\nCanadian Gold Fields H 7\nCariboo (CampMcKinney] l\u00C2\u00BB5 H7\nCentre Star f 1 65 SI 62U\nCrow's Nest Pass Coal... .$40 00 %:\\ mi\nDeerTrail No. 2 5\nDundee 15\nKvenitn; Star I) \u00C2\u00AB\nGiant 2% 2%\nHomestake (Afisesa. paid) 8 2\nIron Mask 86 25\nIron Colt 8\nI.X. L UA |0g\nJumbo 20 is\nKing (Oro Denoro) 7 414\nKnob Hill (12 64\nLoue Pine Consul 11 \u00C2\u00AB\nMinnehaha\t\nMonte Christo 3% 2U\nMontreal Gold Fields *t>* 2y,\nMorrison 2 1\nMountain I.ion 60 68\nNoble Five \u00C2\u00AB 4\i\nNorth 8tar(Fast Kootenay) !\u00C2\u00BB7 00\nNovelty 2 1\nOkanogan (Assess, paid).. 2 1\nOld Ironsides ... SO 70\nPayne \u00E2\u0080\u009E... 00 87\nPeoria Mines \% \\nPrincess Maud 4 2\nQuilp 21\nKambler-Cuuboo 24 22\nRepublic 80 70\nSt. Elmo Consolidated 6\nSullivan II 12J4\nTamarac [Kenneth| 0 414\nTom Thumb 21 18\nVanAnda 3 1%\nVirginia 3\nWar Ragle Consolidated. .$ 1 67 f 1 60\nWaterloo 2K ly.\nWhitellear 2 lQ\nWinnipeg n H>4\nthreatened by the Chinese troops on\nthe Imperial canal.\nNo Courier Service to Feltln.\nNew York, Aug. 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The cable\ncompanies today announced that\nthe Chefoo-Taku cable was open for\ninternational correspondence. The\nThe Commercial Cable company\nsubsequently sent out the following\nnotice:\n\"We are advised that the Chinese administration gave notice that\nthe courier service between Sian Fu\nand Pekin is suspended, the couriers having been unable to pass.\nTelegrams have, however, been\nforwarded yy telegraph from Sian\nFu via Chefoo, and from the latter\nplace by best possible means.\"\nCATS' l-WMRROl\" LIVES.\nTO SHUT OUT imviks\nTreatlea Signed.\nSan Sebastian, Aug. 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The\ntreaties between Spain and the\nUnited States regarding general\nrights, public and private relations,\nconsular and maritime relations and\nthe extradition of criminals, have\nbeen signed.\nLondon, Aug -The allies were\nfighting the Chinese outside\nTien Tsin, August 19, so Rear Admiral Bruce wires to the British admiralty from Taku, under date of\nAugust 20, adding that the engagement was reported to have occured\nsix miles north of Tien Tsin.\nAs to the situation at Pekin, it\ngives a partial list of the British\ncasualties during the siege of the\nlegations, including Captain Bernard Strouts, who died of wounds,\nand regrets that owing to a heavy\nroad and forced march the naval\nbrigade was unable to participate\nin the entry. He adds. \"Way\nthey brought their guns by boat\nand road trom Tien Tsin in an\nachievement of which they may be\nproud.\"\nA dispatch from Tien Tsin, dated\nAugust 20 says the dowager empress and the emperor and the ministers left Pekin with 3000 troops,\ntheir destination, it is supposed, being Sian Fu.\nffloreTroop* Landing\nWashington, Aug. 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Admiral\nRemey cables:\n\"Chefoo, Aug. 21, Taku, 20.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nDickens command is landing today.\nPekin, 16.\u00E2\u0080\u0094All except imperial city-\ncleared of Chinese troops. American troops were first to enter imperial city and penetrated to the\ngates of the palace. Capt. Keilly,\nFifth artillery, was killed on the\n15th. On the 19th the Sixth cavalry and about 400 English and Japanese dispersed about 1000 Boxers\neight miles outside of Tien Tsin.\nAbout 100 Chinese killed,five Americans wounded. Chaffee's losses,\nsix killed and 30 wounded in two\ndays' fighting.\n(Signed) \"Rkmev.\"\nThe navy department understands\nby the reference to the palace that\nthe American troops, after penetrating the imperial city, were, when\nthe dispatch was sent, attacking the\nforbidden city. This is the inner\nenclosure of the imperial city.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 n the Tarter City.\nLondon, Aug. 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Half the Tar\nter city was placed under the control of the Japanese and committees\nof Japanese, American. British, Rus-\nsion and French officers were appointed to maintain order. A detachment ot Japanese troops rescued\nthe foreign missionaries and Chinese\nChristian converts, who had been\nimprisoned in the palace. Two\nhundred Chinese were killed or\nwounded.\nThe Herman Haltallou.\nBerlin, Aug. 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A dispatch\nfrom Taku dated August 19 says\nthe Advance of the German battalion was delayed by violent rains.\nIt had reached Pekin August 17.\nVang Tsun, it is added, was still\nA Terrible Wreck.\nTazawell, Va.,Aug. 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A wreck\nat Maxwell, on the Norfolk &\nWestern railroad, killed two men\nant) wounded seven. A light engine running at 40 miles an hour\ncollided with a freight drawn by two\nengines going at 30 miles an hour.\nline Which Throve on Hrokeu Glass\naud Herded Chlckeua.\nCats are hard to kill, which is a\nfact well known in history. A New\nDenver man was once bothered\nwith a brigade of cats that made\nhis nightly life a hollow misery.\nSo he planned their death. Mixing\nup several pounds of meat and\nbroken glass he put the mess in a\nlarge pan and placed it where the\ncats could easily reach it. In the\nmorning the pan was found licked\nto a bright finish, and the next\nevening they came back for more.\nThe light diet* agreed well with\nthem, none ol them having experienced the slightest pane. Cats\nsometimes give signs of intellectual\nprogress.\nThis same gentleman who set out\nthe light repast for the' cats was in\nIhe habit of feeding his chickens at\ndifferent times during the day. He\nwould always have some pieces of\nmeat to throw to a cat that would\nrun up with the chickens. After a\ntime the cat would otten round up\nthe chicken and drive them up to\nthe house so that she could get in\non the hand-out.\u00E2\u0080\u0094New Denver\nLedge. \t\nOil\nthe\nSECRET POLICE.\nThirty or Them Will Ferret Out Italian\nPlot*.\nNew York, Aug. 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094With the\nassent of the American authorities\na special body of 30 secret police\nagents, all picked men, will be sent\nfrom Rome to operate in the centers\nhere where Italians abound. Their\nheadquarters will be in New York.\nFifty thousand dollars has been appropriated for this secret service.\nOregon Petroleum Field.\nAstoria, Ore., Aug. 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Astoria\nbusiness men have secured control\nof 6500 acres of land at Knappa,\nnear Astoria, and last night disclosed the fact that experts have declared it a very valuable coal and\npetroleum field.\nSafe for Five Years\nHamilton, Ont., Aug. 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\"Shang\" Clark, a well k.^wn crook,\npleaded guilty yesterday to two\ncharges of burglary, and was sentenced to five years in penitentiary.\nClark is 65 years of age, and is a\ncripple.\nCharged with Murder.\nLondon, Ont., Aug. 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Gerald\nSifton and W. Herbert have been\nformerly committed for trial for the\nalleged murder ol Joseph Sifton,\nfather of the first named, in Arva,\nnear Lincoln, Ont.\n(\u00E2\u0080\u00A2rand Lodge Officers.\nMontreal, Aug. 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Independent Order of Oddfellows, Baltimore\nUnity, yesterday elected L. E.\nCharbonnel, Cookshire.Que., grand\nmaster and Alex. Grant, Montreal,\ndeputy (irand Master.\nOntario Hide Association.\nToronto, Aug. 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The annual\nmatches of the Ontario rifle association commenced here yester-\nterday. There were 300 competitors peresent.\nCordua la Utility\nPretoria, Aug. 21.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The trial of\nLieutenant Cordus, formerly of the\nTransvaal artillery, on the charge\nof being concerned in the plot to\nkidnap Gen. Lord Roberts, was\nconcluded today. The prisoner was\nfound guilty of all the counts. Sentence was deferred until the findings of the court should be con-\nfitmed by Lord Roberts.\n; Attempted Suicide\nToronto, Aug. 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Charles Kim-\ntey attempted suicide last night, by\ndrinking wu.e in which matches had\nbeen placed. He is now recovering.\nThe Canadian Trade Review of\nMontreal is advocating an excursion to British Columbia, under the\nauspices of the several boards of\ntrade and mining boards of Montreal, Toronto and Quebec, and\nurges that'such a trip would prove\nmors attractive to the capitalists\nand mercantile men of the eastern\nprovinces than any that has yet\nbeen put before them.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Nelson\nEconomist.\nIt will be welcome news to all\nthose who worked so hard last year\nto make a creditable showing for\nthe mineral exhibit at Paris that the\nexposition managers have announced their intention to grant a grand\nprize to the provincial department\nof mines. All Canadian visitors\nunite in saying that the Canadian\nexhibit generally was a credit to the\ncountry. It is to be hoped that\nsome arrangement can be made\nwhereby the British Columbia mineral exhibit can be plactd on view\neither in the Imperial Institute or at\nthe provincial office in London.\nNow that the emperor has prohibited the departure of native laborers from Japan, there can be no\nmore imperial reasons why Canada\nshould not prohibit the landing of\nthe Japanese laborers in British\nColumbia.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Toronto Telegram.\nAccording to A. J. Barry, an English engineer who has been over\nthe Trans-Siberian railroad, that\nboasted enterprise will take four\nyears and ^20,000,000 to put in\ngood condition for hauling large\nnumbers of troops. That is why\nRussia does not wish China cut up\nat present; she is not ready to insist on her share of the barbecue.\nThe White Horse Tribune, published by R. J. Burde, formerly of\nthe Vancouver Province, has made\nits appearance at the new terminus\nof the White Pass & Yukon railroad. It is a weekly, neatly printed,\nwell edited and promises to print\npress dispatches.\nCapt. Leary, the American despot of Guam, ordered the people to\nget married, but made it a necessary\nqualification that the husband\nshould be able to support the wife.\nIt is the fashion in some social circles in other countries to require\nthe wife to show ability to support\na husband,\n\"The people of this country\nshould not sit around on drygoods\nboxes imported trom other countries\nblowing about our undeveloped resources.\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094Toronto Star.\nTatlow-a Immigration Hill\nLinea ol Natal Act.\nA bill to regulate immigration\ninto British Columbia has beet,\nintroduced into the legislature by\nMr. Tatlow. Il is closely on the\nlines of the Natal act, for it requires\nintending immigrants to \" write out\nand sign in the character of some\nlanguage of Europe\" an application\nfor admission to the province. The\nform of this application sets forth\nthe name, place of abode for the\npast 12 months, business or calling\nplace and year of birth of the appli.\ncant. Certificates of admission are\nto be issued by the provincial secre-\ntary and his officers.\nThe penalty for entering the province contrary td this law is a fine of\n$500 to be imposed by a police\nmagistrate or justice of the peace,\nor 12 months imprisonmenl, the\nlatter to cease on the finding of two\nsureties in $250 each to leave the\nprovince within a month. Illegal\nimmigrants are disqualified from\nholding land, obtaining license lo\ncarry on any trade, the rights of\ntree miners, the franchise. Persons\nor corporations wilfully assisting\nimmigrants to contravene the act\nare subject to the same penalties as\nthe immigrants.-\nNoted Sculptor Oend,\nCopenhagen, Aug. 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Carl\nSmith, the sculptor of Washington,\ndied here today.\nH<>< ouirol Canadian Prodi.ce\nMontreal, Aug. 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A syndicate\nof English, and prominent Canadian\ncapitalists, has been formed with a\ncapital of $2,800,000 to _-arry on a\nproduce business, with a view to\ncontrol the whole of the Canadian\nproduce trade.\nCommitted For Trial\nLondon, Aug. 22.\u00E2\u0080\u0094C. J. Joss, a\nformer clerk of Parr's bank who\nwas accused of stealing adout\n$300,000from the bank in January\n1899, has been committed for\ntrial.\nRoer Method* In Australia.\nThings are in a pretty tough state\nin the West Australian gold fields,\nA petition to the queen, which bears\n28,000 signatures, and which, outstretched, would measure nearly a\nmile in length, says the West Australian \u00E2\u0080\u00A2farmers, who were the first\nsettlers, have been quite as cool as\nwere the Transvaalers in their welcome ol new-comers who flocked\ninto their country after the discovery there of rich deposits of gold.\nSo those farmers, Boer-like, enacted\na series of laws calculated to keep\nthe government of the country in\ntheir own hands by making the acquirement of political rights extremely difficult, if not impossible,\nto the gold-diggers. They seem\nto carry on things there very much\nas the Boers ran South Africa, and\npeople who have been to Australia\nagree that those men there who\nfirst built their dugouts in\"the bush\nare about as stolid, about as mean,\nabout as selfish and as unprogres-\nsive as any race of white men that\nlives anywhere in this old world.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nSalt Lake Tribune.\nThe British government proposes\nto retain 45,000 troops in South\nAfrica until February i, 1900, including a large number of semi-attached soldiers. Cecil Rhodes offers colonial soldiers who wish to\nsettle in Rhodesia a retainer of \u00C2\u00A32j\nper man and \u00C2\u00A312 poinds per horse\nfor occasional military service.\nThe story that Gen. Dewet had\ncaptured 40(K> British soldiers caini\"\nfrom Lorenzo Marques, the Hoer\nfactory of fake victories, and is\ntherefore unworthy of credence.\nUnder the proposed consolidation\nofthe Bank of British Columbia\nwith the Canadian Bank of Com-\nmerce, three shares of the former\nare to be exchanged for four shares\nof the latter, or shares of the Bank\nof British Columbia will be pur-\nchased at \u00C2\u00A322, thc market price\nhaving been ^,'17 to jQ\f> al lhe\ntime the contract was made.\nBound down by the red tape\nwhich has been the cause of so\nmany disasters in South Africa, the\nBritish war ofliee did nothing lo\nmark its appreciation of the Novices of the Canadian soldiers who\ndid so much to retrieve those disasters. The opportunity came when\n100 invalided Canadians passed\nthrough London, but it was lost.\nThe mines tributary td Slocan\nlake promise to make this a record\nyear for ore shipments. The total l('\nAugust 11 was 2557 tons, while the\ntotal for the whole of last year was\n3078 tons,\nThe imperial government pays n\ntribute to the healthiness of British\nColumbia's climate by selecting this\nprovince for the sile of a convalescent home for sick soldiers from\nChina. While we are not here for\nour health, we pick up a good deal\nof that commodity as we go along. DEWET A DODGER\nHe Gaw Kitchener the Slip by Making\nNight Marches\nPretoria, Aug. 16, \u00E2\u0080\u0094 General\nDewet has managed to elude Gen-\ne'iil Kitchener, in spite of the fact\nthat all of the British wagons have\ndouble lines of picked animals. The\nHoers evaded the British at night,\nover ground known to them, while\ntheir pursuers were obliged to\n[march in the daytime.\nTrying the Conspirators.\nPretoria) Aug. 16,\u00E2\u0080\u0094The trial by\n.-(Miii-martial ol Lieutenant Cordua,\n|of the Slaats artillery, and the\nioilier leaders of the conspirators\nconcerned in the plot to kidnap\nGeneral Lord Roberts began today.\nThe prisoners pleaded guilty, but at\nIhe suggestion of the court withdrew their plea and the trial is proceeding.\nPresident ol sou* ->i'England\nWindsor, Out., Aug. 17.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Fred\nCook, of Otiawa, was yesterday\nelected supreme grand president of\nthe Sons ol England. The annual\nmeeting will be held in Winnipeg\nnext year.\nMain li) Ihi* (irrnt Ileal\nPort Hope, Ont., Aug. 17.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nAbraham Creamer, a carpenter, is\ndead from the result of a fall from a\nroof upon which he was working,\ndue to the excessive heat.\nKiM. 1.1 11 IN Till.: LAKE.\nPast \u00C2\u00BBl:iil on Lake Shore Koad Wrecked No l.ili* I.n\u00C2\u00BBl\nCleveland, Ohio, Aug. 17.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nTrain No. 3, the fast mail between\nNew Vork and Chicago on the\nLake Shure railroad, was wrecked\nal one o'clock this morning on the\nUyflg bridge over Sandusky bay, but\nno one was killed or seriously injured.\nToledo, O., Aug. 17.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The en-\nIgine and two baggage cars ofthe\nwrecked fast mail passed over\nsafely. The smoker and one day\ncoach are completely submerged in\nthe lake. One coach is on end\ndown the bank. A sleeper, about\n[hall tipped over, is down the bank\nand the last sleeper off the track\n[right on the trestle.\nU ;s said tlie cause of the wreck\njttas the spreading ol the rails.\nEverybody got out of the coaches,\npul several got badly cut up, no\ni'es lost.\nA BRIGHT OUTLOOK.\nThe announcement made by Mr.\nIHosmer that |' new contract had\npeen made lor the treatment of the\n[War Eagle and Centre Star ore at\njthe Trail snulter, and that Ihe shipments would be not less than 1,000\ntons a dav, gives the people of\nRossland some conception ol the\ngood times in prospect lor them. I\nconfirms the forecaal already published in the RftCORO that during\nI lie approaching autumn the ore\nshipments of this camp would aggregate 2,000 tons a day and that the\nnumbei of men employed in thc\nRossland minea would be from 2,000\nlo 2,500. The statement that a reduction in smelling rales had been\nmade, which would enable the mining companies to ship ore ol much\nlower grade at a profit, is particularity encouraging, for such a redaction makes marketable a large\ntonnage in other mines as well as\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2hose directly Itf question.\n'he general revival of mining\ndevelopment in I his province depends on the feslimption of shipments from the -War Eagle and\nCentre Star mines more than any\nother cause. The investor in Eastern Canada has put his money in\nI hose mines and pinned his faith lo\n1 hem as the standards' by which\nRossland should be judged. Absurd\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 "Newspapers"@en . "Slocan (B.C.)"@en . "Slocan"@en . "The_Slocan_Drill_1900_08_24"@en . "10.14288/1.0221011"@en . "English"@en . "49.767778"@en . "-117.466111"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Slocan, B.C. : C.E. Smitheringale"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. 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