"70c830d9-6efb-436d-9c6d-85e6360798af"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers Collection"@en . "2011-08-15"@en . "1894-03-17"@en . "The Tribune was published in Nelson, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, and ran from November 1892 to November 1905. The Tribune was published and edited by John Houston, an outspoken journalist who would later embark on a successful political career, which included four terms as the mayor of Nelson and two terms in the provincial legislature. Houston had established the Miner in Nelson in 1890, and, after leaving the Miner in the summer of 1892, he established the Tribune to compete with his former paper. In August 1901, the title of the paper was changed to the Nelson Tribune."@en . ""@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xtribune/items/1.0187801/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " _ Gfel) ... \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD1.i-civmcitil Library ' /\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' Presents an Unequalled Field for the Devi per of Mineral Claims showing Gold, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD tier., Copper, Lead, and Zinc, as Well as &r the Investor in Producing Mines.. RAILROADS Already Completed or Under Construction ant- Steamboat Lines in Operation Make the Mining Camps and Towns in Kootenay Accessible the Year Round. SECOND YEAR- NO. 17. NELSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 17. 1894, ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. AMENDMENTS THAT ABE NEEDLESS THE ONE GOOD FEATURE REQUIRED IN STAKING CLAIMS IS STRUCK OUT. If tho Amending Bill Becomes Law, it Will Only be Necessary to Place Three Stakes on a Mineral Claim, as Against Seven\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD The Other Amendments Too Trivial to be Noticed. Hor majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the legislative assembly of the province of British Columbia, enacts tis follows: 1. This act may be cited ns the \"-tliner.il Act Amendment Act, IVT CI. A I.M.S. No. 2 I'osl. THE MINERAL ACT. MO' DNi'ovci'v I'os'i i\"30- HM No. 1 Post. No. 2 I'osl. \2M' X Discover** I I'Ofl 2.W 12/50' No. I Post. No. 2 Post. I 100' lixr Discover-.* Posl Q 1100 _.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD o. No. 1 \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD100' Post. 5. Sub-section (a) of section 30 of the \"Mineral Act, 1891,\" is hereby struck out, and the following inserted in lieu thereof: \"(a). Done or caused to be done work- on the claim itself in developing a mine to the value of five hundred dollars, exclusive of all houses, buildings, and other like improvements. For the purpose of this section, work done on the claim by a predecessor or predecessors in title shall be 'deemed to have been done by the applicant; but in no case shall the cost of surveying be considered as improvements or work done on the claim.\" 0. Form F is hereby struck out and the following inserted in lieu thereof: Fok.m F. CKHTIKICATK OI-' I.MPIUIVK.MK.VI'S. NOTICK. .Mi ieral claim. mining district. the Situate in the division of Where located. Take notice that I , free miners' certificate No. , intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the gold commissioner for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice, that adverse claims must be sent to the gold commissioner and action commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this day of , 18 The Board of Trade Takes Action. At a meeting of the South Kootenay Board of Trade, held at Nelson on the 13th instant, the following resolution was was passed, and secretary Bigelow instructed to send a copy to the provincial secretary and one to* the member for the district: K-solvcd, tlmt, the attention of the Kovcniment he culled to the iniule'iuito.v of the grunt, in mil of the Ih'e do- [\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDiirtmonl. of Nelson nnd the absence' of any grant for the department of Kaslo, nnd especially us within the past two years Nelson 1ms raised and expended upward* of 82000 for fire protection, independent of the government Brunt, and Ivaslo nearly .$1000; that the jyovorimiitiit. huildmgs in the two towns arc of a value that warrants the making of a grant to ICaslo and increasing the sum granted Nelson, the buildings at Nelson costing 31,0.000 mid those of |_;i\"l\" upwards of $.'1000. ' Fault Pound With One of its Provisions, and Timely Legislation Suggested. \"A Miner and Prospector\" of Kaslo sends the I'ollowingto Tiik Thimi'nk for publication. Why people who write to the press on questions that are impersonal should be unwilling to do so over their own names is beyond our understanding. Tiik Thimk.yk has a rule that letters shall not appear in its columns unless signed by tho writers, yet letters tire often received bearing no other signature than that of an assumed name, aud the following is such fto I.VI 00 1 1ft 1 as before mentioned, the suggestion comes from the wrong section of the iirovince to have heed paid it by the legislature. Cariboo, not Kootenay, is the fountain head from which all mining legislation must, emamite. KiHToit Titnuwi President Fletcher's Report. Gentlemen: On behalf of the directors I have much pleasure iu presenting to the sii'b.-_ \"..I.1-0- 'i'.'.'.oocir.:.;- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-> report for the past year, together with as-.-... \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnent ol accounts. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD The society is to be congratulated on its progress, starting as it did during a year of great financial distress: but the preliminary sttige was safely passed, ti suitable building erected, and the hospital placed in good running order. The building was completed in August last at a cost of $1027.05. and in order to procure a water supply $320. 10 had to be expended, nui.king a total outlay of $2251.:-!.'). The total receipts during the year amounted to $4055.28, including the government aid. Of this amount, a total of $3100.00 has been disbursed, which may be briefly summarised as follows: Building account, $2254.35; expense (account, $217.50; maintenance and furnishing account, $727.75: leaving a balance on hand of $1455.08. The items of expense account include $150 for plans of building. As the amount of money at'disposal was limited, the board deemed it advisable to erect a building sufficiently large for present needs, but, keeping in view future requirements, one which can be added to as the district requires, and when .completed- according to.the plans adopted the building will be ti credit to any community; Maintenance and furnishing account includes $107.15 paid-on behalf of outside patients prior to the completion of the hospital building, also a stock of necessary drugs and sufficient fuel for the coming summer. During the year seven male patients' have been cared for and treated. Of these, two were patients cared for outside the hospital before its completion, the other five were treated in the hospital. Two deaths occurred, but both were in tt moribund condition at the time of coming under treatment; one dying of consumption and the other from an aggravated attack of pneumonia. Of the remaining patients, four were discharged a.s cured and one remains under treatment. During the past year, of the $2377.75 promised subscriptions $7-15.75 tire still outstanding, but will no doubt conic in as revenue for the current year. In view of tho groat iiicrea.se in population iu Southern Kootenay. and the large area of country to be served, your directors note with regret that the promised government aid for the ensuing year is but $1000: however, we have aiready tried to impress upon the government the hardship that will lesiilt in reducing the appropriation. The object of the organization oi' this society was the caring of all eases of sickness, whether from disease or accideuL. which might come within reach of Nelson, which al< present has every means of access by water communication with all points on Kootenay lake and hy rail with till 'points to the south and west. The benefits accruing from the institution tire all on the side of the sick and needy, who tire relieved b.v united effort: the burden being thus taken oil' individuals and friends, who, otherwise, would be called on in cases of emergency were no such institution in existence. With this aim iu view, .vour directors sincerely trust that all employers of labor will recognize the necessity and urgent need of such tin institution, and thoroughly impress on all their employees the wisdom of contributing towards its support the small monthly fee($l per man). Also, that till who are able to aid by contributions will do so cheerfully, as the revenues of the institution is likely to be taxed to its utmost. During the year the directors held thirteen meetings, the attendance being as follows: .Mr. Fletcher 13, .Mr. .Marks 13, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMr. Mtithesoii 13, .Mr. Bigelow II. Mr. Selous II. .Mr. Turner!), Mr. Wilson 7. Mr. I'liair li, Mr. Buchanan 5. .Mr. Ward 3. and .Mr. V ii ill 2. Statement of Accounts KKCKIITS. Amount of local siitmi-i-ipl ion Than a Road That Would be Used Every Day in the Year. Sew Dkxvkii, March 14th. The arrival of government agent Fit/.- tubbs in New Denver with positive instructions to proceed at once with the construction of a wharf was the signal for a popular commotion wliich consumed gallons of whisky before it subsided. A number of New Denver's most prominent citizens, who realized how hard it would be to raise tiny money by private subscription to keep the wagon road open when the thaw came, were anxious that, if possible, the wharf appropriation should be applied on the wagon road. Jt was proposed if the citizens were unanimous in this idett to telegraph their desire to Vic- -'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,_\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD a. that the government agent's in- structit-:-.- should be changed, or the matter tit least 'eft to hi.s discretion. The wharf, ho\vever;iiad numerous supporters and nothing wasdo_io. Consequently, the wharf will be built; as \"to what will become of New Denver's connection with the mines,' thttt is another question. There was no inconsistency in the action of those who having before petitioned for the wharf now petitioned for the money to be applied to the road. At the same time as they petitioned for the erection of the wharf, they made the strongest representations at headquarters regarding the state of the road. Had .'the question 'then an alternative between road and wharf, their opinion then would have been the same as now: that a wharf is ti desirable ornament to the town : that the road's being-kept in repair is necessary to the town's existence. S. ,M. Wharton returned to New Denver on Monday just in time for the fun. lie accomplished, the unparalleled feat of being equally enthusiastic on both sides of the question. 11. 1_. Lemon passed through New Denver on Monday on his way to Nakusp. . I'Yir sometime during the winter it was impossible .for a steamboat' to get within live miles of the head of Arrow lake. The Arrow is now running to the head of the lake, and it is expected that communication will very shortly be reopened to Green Slide by steamer. The greatest difficulty has been experienced in keeping telegraphic communication open. In nine cases out of ten the breaks tire caused by men felling trees over the line. The line is strung along the roads where there tire roads, and it is along those roads thttt people go to cut timber for fuel and other purposes. It i.s about time some one was taught the lesson that to break down a telegraph wire maliciously is a criminal offence. Definite information is now tit hand that the railroad spur into Sew Denver will be graded without delay. 11. II. St. John of the Idaho will come to New Denver to reside about the end of this mouth. Dan McGillivray is, or was, at Kevelstoke a I'ew days ago waiting for telegraphic communication to open to find out when he could get to Nakusp. He is wiser than the man who camped tit the head of Arrow lake and ate corned beef nearly two weeks while the Kevelstoke newspapers went on asserting the route was open. N. I-'. MrNnught is shipping 10 tons a day from the Alpha. The Grady group is going to run a neck-aiid-neck race with the Slocan Star. In the Idaho mine they are at present working in considerably richer ore than they had on the surface. The following may be taken for what it is worth. A prominent mine owner is reported to have urged on the Bank of .Montreal the necessity of establishing a branch at New Denver and threatened to remove his company's account if this was not done. He was assured that a.s soon as the railroad was built into New Denver a of the Bank of Montreal would On the 2nd instant. Otto Abeliug, who is superintending the construction of the concentrator at the Number One mine tit Ainsworth, reported the following as the result of two months' work: \"Work was commenced on January 1st with live feet of snow on the level. The average number of men employed during that month was !H;.the pay-roll, $005.25. Work accomplished: one flume, 2x1. 1500 feet long, with dam and tank; one hewed frame for building 74x48, 32 feet to eaves, framed and put together ready to raise: till the grading-for the above building and the placing of all hewed foundation timbers. Fully one-third of the above labor expense was for handling snow. Jt was not exactly a picnic that we had, but it might have been worse. Thea.verage number of men employed during February was II 1-5: the pay-roll. $1003.00. Work accomplished: the finishing of the mill building (all of hewed timber, lumber only being used for floors and siding): the placing of all the frames for the machinery and the shafting. The engine, one set of crushing rolls, and four jigs are in position, also the boiler., but the latter is not walled in yet. There are also two new jigs pretty well under way, and the ore bin, 18x22x10. isabouthalf done. Most of the machinery is at the mill, excepting a few small parcels, and bricks for the boiler and a few thousand feet of lumber. The work will be completed by the end of this month, if we work hard enough. Snow between eight and nine feet on the level. The mine is looking well; four feet of fine ore at present.\" K. E. Clarke, a member of the company who is operating the Number One mine and building the concentrator, was in Xelson this week. He was of opinion that the concentrator would be in operation by the second week in April. branch follow. A Boat With a Good Record. The hull of the steamer Nelson was built by a Canadian out of timber cut on Kootenay lake. The boat will be in commission two years on the 25th, and during that time has only been laid up nine days for repairs. In the two years she will have made a mileage equal to twice the distance around the world and burned enough wood to bridge the Atlantic. Next week she will be overhauled antl the Spokane will he placed on the run between Nel--on and lva--l<>. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD One Trail Creek.'Gum flinie? \" Will the J_e Roi turn out to be the largest mine in Kootenay? The chances are it will. No other mine in the district has more ore in sight; and no other mine in the district is in shape to make a larger continuousoutput. The mine is opened to a depth of 200 feet, and the ore 'is'--richer at the 200-foot level thau at the 100-foot, and richer at the 100-foot than at the surface. The ore is gold, and the returns from the last shipments Avere such as to give the owners greatencouragenient. If the ore now on the wharf at Trail was smelted, the returns would be more than sufficient to reimburse the owners for every dollar they have expended on the mine, as purchase money or otherwise. It is expected that the steamer Columbia' will begin running between Trail aiul Northport by the 1st of April, aud as there are now oyer 700 tons of ore on the wharf at Trail, it will take some time to clean it up, as the stage of water will not permit loading the boat to full capacity. Tlie present daily .-output of from fifteen to twenty tons will be continued -indefinite! y. The lie Koi is but one of the mines in Trail district. There are others that will be heard from long before the price of silver reaches $1.25) an ounce. Have not Closed Down. The report that the mines in Slocan district had closed down, owing to the fall in the price of silver, is without foundation. Kvcry.mine in the district iu the hands of men able to do development work is being developed, but the extraction of ore for shipment has been stopped. The Dardanelles employs 20 men. the Washington 10. the Noble Five 8: the Slocan Star, the Fredie l.ee, the Noonday, the Northern Belle, the Mountain Chicf.'tlie Idaho, the Alamo, and the Alpha all have; men at work; work will also be resumed on the Keco next week. The following is given merely to show the ease with which ore can be broke down in some of the mines in the district: On Wednesday last. Henry Cod .v. a miner in the Bonanza King, one of the Noble Five mines, broke down seven tons of ore. of the estimated value of $3000. The last shipment of 50 tons from the Noble'Five mines will go out next week, \"Bill\" Heiincssy going along with it to the smelter. S. S. Bailey of t lie Payne group has suspended work \"for tlie present. An Hydraulic Conipany Elects Officers. The lirst regular meeting of the shareholders of the Nelson Hydraulic Mining Conipany was hold on Tuesday last. K. J. Bealey. F. M. McLeod, J. F. Hunie, J. F. Ritchie, and G. W. Richardson were elected directors. The directors afterwards elected F. M. McLeod, president; R. .1. Bealey. vice-president: and G. W. Richardson, secretary- treasurer. The steel pipe needed for the plant has been ordered from the Joshua Hendy Iron Works, San Francisco, and is expected to arrive at Nelson within two weeks. Good progress is being made tit Forty-nine creek in getting the dam, ditches, and sluice-boxes in readiness, and by the time the ground is bare the company hopes to have pay dirt running through the sluices. About twenty men ent. are employed at pres- f siai.iuu ..\ \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD, ,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD loiyilsnLHcripllnns Sl.fi l.'I 28 ;1l,,K,ll\": \",\"' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDI\"* '\" *'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD....\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD..\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,. ,| ' Atii'iniii |,;.i.i hy-iittirni- 12 no ' .Ni-Noii and lva--l<>. Forty tons of ore were shipped this week from the Silver Kinir mine lo one of thw smellers tit Dri-vi'i\", (\"nlnrii'ln. km S. _.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD _*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD..\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD--- THE TRIBUNE: NELSON, B.C., SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1894. PUBLISHERS' NOTICE. THE TRIBUNK is published on gut \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDdays, by John- Houston & Co., and will be mailed to subscribers on payment of Onk Dou.ah u year. No subscription taken for less Hum a year. REGULAR AnVKliTISlOIKNT.S printed-al. tlie following rates: One inch. ?*! a year; two melius. SfiO ii vear; three inches \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDS1 a year: four inelies, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDt:__i__30__t _3_=-_^3>*rc___: N. W. Cor. Baker and Stanley Streets. IlltAX-IIKS IN LONDON (England), NEW YORK, CHICAGO, and iu the principal cities in Canada. Uny and sell Sterling Kxchango and Cable Transfers. (ilCAN'i' COMMl'K-l.W, ANN THAVKI.I.BIW' CltKWTS, available in any part of the world. mtAKTS is-sui-n; coi.m-'utio.ns jiadk; ktc. SAVINGS BANK BRANCH. IIATK OF INTKltKST (at present) '.H Per Cent. THE POWDER MINE. At five o'clock in the evening of the 21st of JMtirch, ISM, the Knglish camp before tlie walls of I-ocq was in a state of high excitement. The town, a stronghold of Napoleon, ltty 011 the French coast not far above the month of the C-ironde. It was jirotectet! on two sides by the nature of the ground, twirl at the vein- was open to the sea. In front stootl tt massive bastion, which for ten days had bade defiance to the artillery. of the English; but the sappers had been working day and night, and at last the tunnel of their mine had reached the bastion, and had broken unexpectedly into a cellar underneath it. This cellar, belonging to a house whicli stood.against the wall inside the town, was entered from the house above by a flight of spiral .steps; so that the miners found themselves, to their dismay, open to discovery at any -moment by the inmates, of the house. They Avere compelled to trust to speed and silence\"to-accomplish their design without disturbance; and so far all was well. A store of bags of powder had been conveyed into the cellar, and everything was now in readiness for the explosion, which was to blow the wall into the air and leave a breach for the storming party'to rush into the town. Inside'the mine\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthat is, inside the cellar of which we have been speaking\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDhalf- a-dozen men had just put the final touches to the preparations. The feeble gleam of a dark lantern, which scarcely served to show their faces in the gloom, glimmered ou a ring of bags which occupied the middle of tne floor, on the black and shining grains of gunpowder which filled them to the brim, antl on the snake-like loops of fuse which linked them each to each. This fuse, atone point, ran along the floor and ended in a piece of slow-match, near the spot at wliich the opening of the tunnel gaped blackly in the wall, like a gigantic rat's-hole. This match, 'lighted by the man selected for the duty, and the hist fo leave the mine, would smoulder \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfor about four minutes. Then the terrific firework would explode. One by one, (ive of the sappers passed into the tunnel and disappeared. The sixth, keeping the dark lantern with him. was left to wait until the passage should be clear before he touched the match and hastened after hi.s companions. The soldier in question was a young ollieer of seven- and- twenty -- lieutenant Hilary Vane, lie wore the uniform of his regiment \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDshort scarlet coat, blue trousers, and peaked cap \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand was armed with sword antl pistols. Though not exceptionally tall or broad in figure, lie was noted among his comrades for his feats of strength, as well its for his coolness anrl resource in danger\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-traits of character apparent in his plain, strong features anel in his grey-blue, fiery eyes. A physiognomist might, perhaps, have detected in his features tt sign of his chief failing, which was too great a readiness to act on impulse, without giving hi.s calmer judgment time to speak. On being left alone he leaned his back against the wall antl waited. A minute passed--two minutes. Then he stooped his ear to the mouth of the tunnel aud listened intently. Presently from the other end came the faint report of a pistol-shot; it was the signal that the passage was clear. lie turned to the spot , Avhere the fuse rested, and, with his finger ion the fastening of the lantern, was on 'the point of drawing back the slide in [order to ignite the match which lie hold tready in his hand, when another sound which froze the cellar struck upon his ears\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa soiint the current of his blood. Someone was coming down stairs! The stair, as already mentioned, formed a spiral, so that only live or six ol> the lowest steps were visible. The lieutenant, with his finger on the slide and his eyes fixerl upon the steps, remained porfecdy motionless, waiting for the intruder to appear in sight. One thought only occupied his mind. Jf he were discovered lie would do hi.s duty; he would fling the lighted match into the nearest bag, ttnrl blow himself and the intruder into the air together. Even as the thought passed through his mind, he saw the twinkle of a caudle, as its bearer turned the corner of the steps and came suddenly into view. The lieutenant caught his breath. The newcomer was tt girl. She came slowly down the steps, holding the candle low to see where she was treading, her face, ringed round with darkness, shining out in its full light. She was young\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDperhaps seventeen\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand as lovely tis a picture. Kvery detail of her figure the lieutenant saw. or rather felt, burnt in tt single instant unfornet- ably upon hi.s brain, as he stood like a man petrified, with hi.s eyes upon her. A torriblodilomma was before him. True, his duty was as phi in as ever: but he could not\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDhe could not\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDsend this beautiful young creature to a sudden and a dreadful doom. There was only one alternative\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDshe must escape with him. Me held himself in readiness tint! waitetl, silent tis ti figure cut in stone. From the ease of hor demeanour as she came down the stair, it was clear that she had no suspicion of what had happened in the vault. At the bottom of tlie steps she stopperl and, with the candle raised above her head, was about to cross the cellar to a bin which scooil against the further wall, when her eye alighted on the bags of powder in the middle of'tlie floor. 'For.a moment she stood still, gazing tit them. Then she raiser! her eyes, and they \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD fell \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD upon the form of Hilary Vane. before her in quick, tunnel: stand ing \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDmotion less the gloom. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDWith a. stifled shriek she turned towards the steps, up which in another moment she would have vanished, when Hilary, darting past her, placet! himself between her and the exit. She shrank back, staring at the sudden apparation with large eyes wide, with terror. He laid his finger ou his lips. \"Not a, sound,' or till i.s lost,\" he said, rapidly and eagerly, in French; \"this cellar is a mine, anrl we are going to blow it lip. But fear nothing: you'are safe.\". Me pointed with his finger to the tunnel. \"Escape instantly; that way; quick! your life depends upon it.' She cast a swift glance at the but to his surprise she rlirl not stir. \"Quick!\" he repeater!, quivering; with impatience. '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'There is not a moment to be lost. Quick! Quick!\" So far from obeying hini, however, the girl, with the sudden rush of a wild creature, endeavored to dart past him up the stops. With a movement as rapid as her own he barred the passage. \"Listen!\" he said, speaking with a sort of fierce impetuosity. \"I wish to save you, but by giving tin alarm you risk not only my own life, but the lives of my companions, who will return to ascertain what has gone wrong, anrl will be taken prisoners. Before that happens, I shall throw this light into the powder there, anrl end us both together. Come: be reasonable. Will you go?\" \"No,\" she said. \"No, no!\" \"But why?\" he asked, astonished. The girl wrung her hands in agony cannot,\" she cried, wildly. \"iWy lover is lying wounded in the house above us. If he dies, I will die with him. I have only left him for a moment\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthe doctor sent me down to fetch ti Mask of brandy. Oh, .-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDir.\" she cried, flinging herself suddenly at Hilary's feet, \"spare him, spare hini! for the love of heaven !\" Hilary paused, in truobleaurl perplexity. \"It is impossible,\" lie said. \"I connot save him if 1 would: 1 can stive you only. If I dt) not (ire the. mine, my comrades will return and fire it.\" \"But by that time the cellar will be guarded by our soldiers, and your comrades will be seized as they come in.\" \"Yes, tis I said; they wili bo seized! No. I cannot\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDI will not- -betray my own companions. 1 would rather, a.s 1 told you, throw this match into the powder. And you! you must not you shall not sacrifice your life without avail. No; you must come with me.\" He advanced a step towards her, resolved to bear her through the tunnel anrl to save her in her own despite, touching the iuse with fire a.s they departed. But tis he moved the girl stepped back a pace aud raised (he candle iu her hand above a bag of powder. \"Stop!\" she cried. \"I refuse. I tell you, to be saved alone. You have taught me what to do. If you try to take me, I will drop the candle.'\" Hilary drew back, petrified. The refusal of the girl doomed them both to death; yet even at that moment he ex- icrieneed a relief that the act whicli sent ier to destruction had been taken from \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDI his hands. But there was now no method of escape; to delay\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDto parley\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwould be to risk the lives of his-companions, who might return at any instant to see what was the cause of the delay. Drawing himself erect, he crossed hi.s arms upon his chest, antl, with his eyes still fixer! upon the girl, said quietly:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \"So be it. Drop the candle.\" The girl stood motionless a moment, with her hand outstretched. A tremor shook her frame from head to foot. Then she shut her eyes, unclasped her fingers, and let the candle fall. Marl she kept her eyes unclosed, the candle would have fallen, as she intended, on the powder. As it was, it struck the margin of the bag and thence rebounded to the floor, where it was instantly extinguished, leaving the cellar in pitchy darkness. Hilary drew back the slide of his dark lantern. By its gleam the two looked at each other. Both their faces were as white as ashes. \"Fortune is against you.\" said Hilary, after a silence. \"You tire the bravest girl 1 ever heard of. but you tire fated to be saved, do what you will.\" \"Then fate must save my lover also,\" she replied. | \"Come with me,\" he repeated urgently. \"To refuse is madness. Quick, or it will be too late; my comrades will be coining back to see what is the matter \"He stopped abruptly, struck by an irlea. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDUnless,\" he continued, speaking rapidly, as if reflecting, \"unless I stop them. Yes\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDyes: it might be done. And it will be a breach of were caught, I should and what is more, I my fate. But I turned quickly to the obey ine?\" lie said earn- yet! Well, yes. duty, anrl if I be shot for it, should deserve must do it.\" He girl. \"Will you estly. She looked at him intently. \" Do you mean to sas*e me only?\" \".No- I shall try to stive you both.\" \" Yes,\" she said, \" I will obey.\" \"Then stand here without moving till I return.to you.\" Drawing a clasp- knife from his pocket, he approached the nearest bag. and, with two swift cuts, divided the fuse which linked it to the bags on either-side. Then, cutting off a piece of the slow-match, and sticking it erect into the powder, he lifted up the bag with hi.s left hand, and with the lantern'in his right he disappeared into the entrance of the tunnel. For some seconds the girl could hear his movements,'growing fainter as he reeded, until he seemed to be about-a .hundred feet \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDalong, the shaft when all .sound ceased entirely for perhaps ten seconds; then he was heard hastily returning. When he emerged into the cellar he still held the candle, but the bag was gone. \"ft is alight,\" he gasped, seizing the girl's wrist, anrl drawing her rapidly towards the cellar steps, up which he hastened until the winding of the spiral shut them from the vault below. Then he \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD stopped, and listened eagerly. For some seconds\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDperhaps half a minute\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDall was silent. Then all at once there came the sound of an explosion; a blast of air rushed fiercely up the cellar steps; a thick smoke filled the vault. Then all was still. \"Wait,\" he said, \"I shall return directly;\" and he disappeared into the cellar. Almost instantly he was by her side again. \"All is well,\" he sairl. \"The explosion, as I hoped, litis caused thesandy soil whicli roofs tlie tunnel to fall in. The passage is blocked, and no one can now enter. Now,\" he continued, \"how long will it take .you to remove your lover from the house?\" The girl considered. \"Five minutes.\" she said. \"I will give you six. 'The doctor you will, of course, take with you. Is then; anyone else in the house?\" '\"'No,\" \"Anyone in the street outside?\" j \"Yes. The street is crowded with i soldiers.\" I \"They must take their chance. Now. ! go. But if you give an alarm, and I hear ' a step approaching I shall fire the powder. If you follow my directions, you and your lover will be saved.\" The girl caught his hand in hers and pressed it to her lips. \"Heaven will reward anrl bless you,\" she sairl, fervidly. \"You will never repent what you have done tonight.'' Hilary Vane looked after her a.s she turned away and darted up the step.s, and laughed a little bitterly. She took it for granted that he would ;:ave himself, and at the worst be taken prisoner. But he knew that nothing now remained for hini but to rlo his duty and to die in doing it. If, when he fired the fuse, he should dash up the collar steps and escape into the street, the secret of this mine would be endangered. No: he had given the girl time to stive her life anrl her lover's, but only at the sacrifice of his own. He drew out his watch, placed it in the light, and stood motionless, with his eyes fastened ou the dial, the match ready in his hand, and his ears stretched for any sound ol'steps upon the cellarstairs. But none came; the girl had kept her part of the agreement. The hand crept forward on the dial. One minute passed two three\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfour\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfive. A faint sound reached his ear from the tunnel of the mine: his comrades had returned tis far as the spot of the explosion, and were striking at the debris with their picks. Jiealmostsmiled again as he thought of tbe;>v bewilderment. Then he looked at tYieV^ial-phite; the hand touched the figure^or, which he had been waiting. He raised his hand which held the lighted match, and, setting his teeth hard, lowered the flame above the bag until it touched the powder. The roar aud crash of the explosion shook earth and sky for ten miles round, as the huge buildings lea perl into theair in fragments, like a spadeful of gravel tossed up by a strong man. The English storming party rushed in through the ruins, and five minutes afterwards their flag floated from the walls. But why the explosion had been so long delayed, why the tunnel had collapsed so unaccountably, and why lieutenant Vane had disappeared, were mysteries discusser! that night round every soldier's fire, but which found no solution. And it was not till some days later that ti story told by a young girl, and passed with thrilling blood from mouth to mouth, showed how one more English soldier had proved himself a hero. The Magna Charta of Its Freedom. The government of Great Britain deserves all the praise that grateful citizens can bestow upon it. In setting the eight hour day upon foot the government has struck the greatest blow for industrial liberty of these many years past. For the action of the government, the greatest- employer of labor in the united kingdom, will necessarily react upon the private employers, anrl practically compel them to follow in the wake of the government's lead. The eight hour day is a reform for which till schools of advanced Democrats have been lighting for years, but between converting the private employer and converting the sttite there is all the difference iii the world. For a time there will be no 'appreciable effect on the labor-market, but without a doubt before three months are over the army of the unemployed will be steadily drawn upon, and the present distress will be very largely mitigated. Tlie eight hour day, although not in itself a solution of the labor problem in Creat Britain, i.s at least a mighty step towards thttt solution. The government need not fear that their bold and generous experiment will prove tt costly one. The advocates of the eight hours have always'contended\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand their content-on -has,never been upset\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthat work under the eight hour system is more efficient anrl more productive than the old system of unending coil.- Doctors will tell you the; same thing. The faculty, with one accord, has always declared that eight hours toil \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD whether of brain or muscle\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDis the extreme limit of human capacity, and .that work protracted beyond that term is inefficient, less productive, and therefore . more costly. The eight hours day means better work, more intelligent work, and more willing work, and, therefore, on the ground of economy alone, of the employers' pro/its alone\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDto say nothing of the incalculable benefit it secures to tlie worker\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDis to be commended by humanitarians and political economists alike. .Vow we must wait to see the eight hour principle filter down through the ranks'of tho private, employers. They will watch to see the results in the government departments, tis these, results will infallibly turn out to the profit of the nation, we will see the private employer i adopting the system. The government ! litis earned the eternal gratitude of social ; reformeis. This one administrative act is vastly more valuable than a hundred Home Hide Bills and many Parish Councils Bills. The Gladstone government, in short, has given labor the Magna Charta. of its freedom. undiscoverttble owing to the various Norman titles under which they disguise their eastern origin. Mow gootl olrl Moses, Joshua, David, and the other patriarchs would be shocked to find the chosen race forsaking the old Hebraic names for the Sidneys. Fit/.herberts, and other appellations by which the Norman conquerors of the Anglo-Saxon were known. Politics' and Gambling- in Brazil. \"Polities and gambling\" tire, according to sir Benja.min Stone, the great banes of the Brazils. People having gained an ample fortune'by collecting intlia rubber, will start gambling at the top of the river, and by the time the journey to the river's mouth has been completed they are without a cent. Day anrl night men, women, and children sit playing cards for large stakes. Sir Benjamin has lately been in Brazil as a member of the solar eel ipse expedition, and he has made it his business to gather facts relating to the numerous revolutions which occur in that country. In one town he found that the people, having decitlet! to \"fireout the governor,\" went about the business in a very deliberate fashion. The soldiers were drawn up in front of the palace, and before tlie bombardment was commenced were taken in a group by the local photographer. Afterwards the \"firing out\" having been duly performed, a second photograph of the victors was taken. Asa further illustration of the seriousness of a'Brazilian revolution, sir Benjamin tells the story of au outbreak. The British consul was aroused from sleep one morning by ti terrible commotion. On inquiring the cause he was told it was a revolution. \"Oh, is that all,\" he said. \"I was afraid it was my men out on strike,\" and he turned over anrl went to sleep again. But the revolution was somewhat serious. Between loO anrl 1 GO persons were killed. It occurred on a Sunday, and was successful. Two days later the commandant of the forces met the ex-governor on the street anrl said: \"J wanted to see you. I have just had a telegram from Rio. The revolution was all a mistake, and I am to put you back into office.\" They .called on the new governor, who, in answer to an inquiry from the commandant, said: \"Yes, I have had a telegram from Bio. .What had I better rlo?\" 'Won had better, go,\" was the reply, \"or 1 shall fire you out!\" The new governor, adrls sir Benjamin, retired gracefully, and displace having been filled-by' the\" old governor, both political parties in the town united .'in-a. public funeral for the victims of the revolt. :.. * OOTENAY HOTEL, Kootenay Lake Sawmill LUMBER YARD, Foot of Hendryx Street, Nelson. A full stock of lumber rouffh mid dressed. Shingles, laths, susli, doors, mouldings, ete. Three carloads dry. clem- llr Mooring unci ceiling for sale at lowest rates. G. 0. BUCHANAN, Proprietor. HENRY DAWES, Agent. C.& K.S.N.CO. I.I.MITKI). WINTER SCHEDULE lICOOTFNA V I.AIv'Kl In elt'col .lunimry SI li. IMII. Titled Names Often Assumed. The ignorant old countrymen, who dearly love a lord, never stay to eou- sidor what i.s the origin of many of these titles. Of course anyone who litis read history is well aware of the fact that the ancient titles are mostly founded on mur- rler and robbery or tiie debauching of female relatives to kings, while the modern titles are generally given to the owners of a large number of public houses, who establish breweries in order to supply those houses with inferior liquor, and to various usurers and money lenders, who negotiate largo loans iu London. It i.s veryr amusing to note the way in wliich many of these lords alter their names. Thus, the original mime of the present duke of Xorthumhcrdiud, who rails himself by the assumed name of \"Percy,\" is Siiiithson. liord Ventry assumed the name of De Molcyns: his original name was .Mullins. Ho the marquis ('onyiigham was originally .Mr. Burton. The real name of lord Anglescti. who calls himself Paget, is Bayley: and so of the martinis of l-tiiisdowne, who calls himself F\V/.- iiiiiuriec; his real name is Petty. The .lews who have been good enough to settle in (h'eat Britain tire very like the aristocracy iu the matter of assumed names. Oriental visitors are now almost STEAMER l.l'AVKS Nl'I.SON: .Monday.-, !l a. in. Wednesdays. .'i:|li p. in. Thursdays^ .*> p. m. Saturdays. .*p:|ii p. in. 'NELSON\" I.K.WKs K.isi.o: Tuesdays, .'! a. in. Thur.*duy.-, ,H a. in. Fridays. :i n. in. Sundays, ,X a. in. Passengers from ICaslu. to make close connection with Nelson & Fort Sheppard I tail way for points soul li, should take Sleaiuer Nelson, leaving Ka.-lo al :i a. in. on Tuc,*- ilnys and Fridays. The company'reserve- the right lo change thi.sselicdulo at any time without notice. J. W. TROUP, Manager. Situate on Vernon Street, Near Josephine. The Hotel Overlooks The Kootenay. Its Guests can Obtain Splendid Views of Both the Mountains and River. Axel Johnson, Proprietor THE ROOMS AUK CONVKNIKNT ANIJ COAIKOKTAHLK. THE TABLE IS THK HKST IN THK MOUNTAINS. Spokane Falls & Nor.Iiern Bailway, Nelson & Fort Sheppard Railway. All Rail to Spokane, Washington. A. Al NKLSON .Arrive ft:U) I'. M. Commencing .laniiary Sl li. I.stil. on Tuesdays and Friday- train- will run llirough lo Spokane, arriving then' at ft:'.in I'. .\l, -anie day. Ifi-tin'iiing Mill leave Spokane al 7 A. Al. on Wcdne'-day- and Saturday.-, arriving ul Nelson ul .I: in P. Al., making close 'connect inn- with sl earner Xelson for all Koolenay lake points. ANNOUNCEMENT. For Member of the Legislative Assembly. The iindei-Mgncd announces himself as a candidate for in em her of the legislative asscmhly from I he south riding of West Kootenay Ilislriet, siilijeel to the action of the convention to he held al Nel*on on April I*_t li. I HIM. Nelson, ./miliary lolli. 1KUI. .1. FltKI) IK/MIC. Special Attention to Miners. THE BAR IS FIRST-CLASS. ILVER KING HOTEL John Johnson, Proprietor Extensive Improvements Now Completed. All Rooms Refitted and Refurnished FINEST WINES, LIQUORS, AND CIGARS THE MARKET SOLD AT THE BAR. IN Special Attention to Miners. ItOOAIS Kl ItST-CI.A.SS. UATKS AIODKUATK. HE MADDEN HOUSE At Corner Baker and Ward Streets, NELSON, B.C. THOMAS MADDEN, Prop. THE THE MADDEN is Centrally Located, With a Frontage Towards Kootenay River and is Newly Furnished Throughout. TABLE is Supplied with Everything in the Market, the Kitchen Being Under the Immediate Supervision of a Caterer of Large Experience. THE BAR 18 SUI'I'MKI) WITH TIIK HKST BRANDS OK ALL KINKS OK WINKS, l.IQL'Oit.S, AND CKIAI'.S. Special Attention to Miners. HENELSON Hotel Dining-Room Under the Management of JOHN F. GILL Has iiml with all lhe rci|iiirciuent* of the patron* and Kile.-!.-* of Ihe house, which is now (he resort of lhe lead- iriK in in i tif-C men of Ihe country. First-class iiiiiiiiitfcinfiit is sin-c to al tract your al tent ion and patroniiifc. Itntes: Single meals. ;Vl cents: day hoard. #7 nerweck. .Meal hour--: llreiikfust. from t! lo ll.-.'dl; lulu -li, \2 lo 2; dinner, S.'.'Mi to X. he Tremont. East Baker St., Nelson. Is one of the hot hotels in Toad .Mountain di.-triel. and i* the headquarter* for prospector.* anil working miner.*. MALONE & TRECrlLLUS. Props. INFORMATION WANTED. Anv per*on knowing llie whereahoilts of William .Macdonald, a Scotchman and a miner, who left South K\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDl- inontou, .Wliorta, in the *uniiner or early fall of IS!-, for Ihe inoiiniains, will confer a R''i'at favor hy addres*iiiK either llie undersigned or Tin: TliHU'Ni:, \el*on. Hiili-h Coliilnhia. Mr. .Macdonald was ae<|iiallitcil with it pro*- peelor mimed Tom Smith. A. Alrl.KAN. South Kdmonton. Alherla, February Kiiil, ISM. iBBaHWBaiffl^ ^,3^^ THE TRIBUTE: ISfELSON, B. C, SATURDAY, MARCH I), 1891. THE WEEK'S ORB SHIPMENTS. For the week emlintc Alarch 171 li. the ore shipments over the-Nelson & Fort .Sheppard railway were: Silver King mine, Nelson ilislriet Id tons 1(1 Ions Total. ,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDIKMI Value (estimated ut Sl-fl a ton) THIS WEEK'S NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. John F. (till, Kaslo\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDDining-room Hotel Sloi.-an. Fred .1. Scpiire. Nelson\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAlerelmiit tailor. tl. A. Big-low, secretary. Nelson\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAnnual meeting South Kootenay Hoard of Trade. LOCAL NEWS AND GOSSIP. I_. E. Plitiir litis taken charge of the Hotel Sloean at Kaslo. He has lea*ed the diniiiK-rooin to John F. (Jill, who luis retired from the management of the (liniiiK*1'00\"10' Lllu Nelson hou*e. It is reported Tho .Minor will on the 1st of April remove from its present i-uiirtui's on linker;direct to llie Jowett 1'iiiliiiiiK '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\" Victoria street. It is al*o rumored Hint miiniiKL;r Kenwiek will retire and lie succeeded hy a well-known real estate and mine broker. Fred Irvine rutui'iitxl L(j Nelson on Thursday from St. .lohn. New Hriiuswicl-, where he .\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDpent most of the winter, lie say.* lhe business men of Sl. John and oilier eastern towns do mil complain of hard times, ami to nil appearance* there is little cause for eom- ])laint. The represental ives of Toronto ami Alontreal wholesale houses whom lie met also report orders fully nil to the average year. Spokane nnil oilier eilies iu lhe United States through wliich he passed, h'i>inj< and coming, appear to he wry dull. The Nelson 6c Fori: Shepptird train due at Nelson on Wednesday afternoon did nol arrive until Tliursdavforenoon. The delay was caused hy the breaking of a truck-wheel flungo as the train was crossing the l'end d'Oreille river bridge. The passengers wore hold at Waneta all night. Mr. GriHitli of Wild Morse creek, East Kootenay, reports; thirty men were clearing right-of-way, making \"ties. etc.. nil winter on the Crow's Nest I'ass road, and thai It. I. T. Oalhraith has been appointed Indian agent, vice Michael I'hillipps. Alexander Wills has started up the Nelson brewery, anil is prepared to lill orders for keg beer. The Ktislo Times is now under the management of Will Hanks, who al one lime was editor and proprietor of The Tribune, Great Falls, Montana. He intends to remove his family to Kaslo in tho early spring. The ladies' airl society of the Presbyterian church will give nn \"at home'' at Harrolt's ballon Tuesdav evening, the _Oth instant. A spelling bee will be one'of the attractions. There will he music, games, and refreshments. A collection will lie taken up at. the door. The finances of tlie Kootenay Lake General Hospital Society, like those of llie'province of Ontario, are in a most satisfactory condition. The society is out of debt and has \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDll\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD(i.O- in its treasury. The province had a surplus last year of S.'ISI.TU\" and has assets of SO.121.001 and liabilities of only .S-I.HW. T. E. Allen, secretary of tlie C. 6c. K. S. N. Co., was married at Ollawa ou he 1st instant to Aliss Mabel Stephens. This means that the handsome cottage at the corner of Victoria and Falls streets is to be occupied as soon as Air. and Airs. Allen have seen some of the sights in the large eastern cities. Menry Cody anrl Thomas Garvey, who have been' at work all win lor nl the Noble Five 'mines, in \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Klooan district, are in Nelson. They report snow falling al. the mines every dny I'or six weeks, since February 2nd. On the nortli side of the mountains the snow must be nearly twenty feet deep, as it is fully twelve feet dee]) on the south side. William Perdue arrived in Nelson on Thursday from a trip through Alberta. He came down by way of the Columbia river to Nakusp, thence across by New Denver and Kaslo. He says the snow is from four to six feet deep between Kevelstoke and lhe head of Upper Arrow lake, and the sleigh road in good condition. Tracklaying will again begin on the Revelstoke & Arrow Jjakc railway about April Ist. The grade is completed to \"the wigwam,\" a point live miles below the \"(Jreen .Slide,\" which i.s the present, end of lhe track. The little steamer Arrow makes two round trip* a week (on .Mondays and Friday*) between the head of the lake and Nakusp, a distance of about thirty-live iniles. The following was first published in Tlie Columbian of New Westminster: \"John A. Murray, champion chopper of liritish Columbia, has signified his intention of going to Tasmania to take part, iu u chopping contest for the championship of the world, which takes place in November. lie will go as the representative ax- man of Canada, and a.s such will be entitled to \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD10J for expenses. The prizes aggregate \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD2.500. Murray has chopped in mutches in Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin, and British Columbia, anil has never been beaten. The Canadian .Pacific lias refunded the provincial government the sum of 31-0I.-I2. its half uf the expenses of surveying the townsite of Nelson and grading streets in the town. Goldstein & Flaherty, avIio lost over SfiOOO by the Kaslo fire, opened their new place of business on Front street today. So far. they are the only hofehnen who have attempted to rebuild. Arrivals: Byron N. White, from Spokane, on route to Sloean district: Tom Feehan, from Trail creek: W. S. Jones. Canadian customs, from Halifax. Mrs. Kd Corning, Aliss Aura Corning, and the Misses Corning, from Nakusp, en route to Spokane. The train crew of the Columbia 6c Kootenay were out yesterday clearing the track of that air line\"railway of snow and ice, preparatory for the tourist travel. The C.& IC. is strictly a summer road. The green is-above the red today, and the orange is nowhere in sight\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDexcept on the fruit stands. . All the rooms in the Nelson hotel are to be repapered, and tho work is now going on apace under the direction of A. J. Alarks, one of the proprietors, who is himself a skillful and artistic papcr-hang-er and decorator. According \"-to a return to the legislature showing the timber royalty collected in West Kootenay since July ist, 1S0O, the Nelson Sawmill Company is the only mill outfit that has paid any royalty. The sum paid by it is stated to be S500. While it is the only mill in the district that has been more or less continuously operated, yet it seems strange that other mills have not contributed something iu the way of royalty. No one need go without Perry's Alining Map now, as the price has been greatly reduced. Unmounted copies, $1; mounted styles, in proportion. Apply or write to AValbey & Co., Kaslo: T. Abriel. Nakusp; or to the C. & K. 8. N. Co., Nelson. A Steamboat Company Ready for Business. Captain Troup, manager of the C. & K. S. N. Co., has received advices that the ice i.s yet solirl in the Columbia river between Revelstoke and Upper Arrow lake, and in Kootenay river between Bonner's Ferry and the lower end of Kootenay lake. He says hi.s conipany will be ready to operate boats on both rivers as soon as they are navigable. The .steamer Columbia litis been overhauled, anrl I'or a time will be run between Trail and Northnort. She will not run north of Trail until the stage of water will allow her to cross Kootenay rapids. The Spokane will be placed on the Bonner's Perry route, and the number of trips she will make a week will depend altogether on the amount of business offering. Jt is yet too early to state definitely what the service will bo on the Columbia river. If trains tire run daily on the Nelson 6c Fort .Sheppard, it is more than likely .steamers will be run daily north of Robson. Fond of Doing Unheard-of Aots. Of the papers brought down in the legislature regarding the Nakusp & Slocan railway, a certified copy of an order in council, approved in .June, I\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD!).'{, is tt fair sample of the documents produced in regard to that road. The order in council reads: \"On the recommendation of the chief commissioner of lands and works, a, strip of land a mile wide on each side of a line following Wilson creek I'or two miles, more or less, to a point on Carpenter creek about three miles above its mouth is reserved from lease, stile, or settlement, in furtherance of the construction of the Nakusp & Slocan railway.\" The chief commissioner of lands anrl works would have ah exceedingly hard trip in reaching a point on Carpenter creek three iniles above its mouth by following Wilson creek for a distance of two miles. But, then, the chief commissioner of lands antl works is fond of doing unheard-of acts in order that the forks of Carpenter creek shall be benefited. UNEQUAL TAXATION. Working Miners Required to Pay a Tax not Requird of Other Workinermen. Last month an effort was made in the legislature to pass a law that would discourage the employment of Chinese or Japanese in coal mines in this province. The employment of Chinese or .Japtiue.se was to render the owner, agent, or manager of the mine employing them subject to a penalty of not more than \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD$\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD) or less than $2.')0 I'or each day or part of a day each Chinese or Japanese was employed. Of course, the bill was declared out of order by the speaker, after speeches against it were made by niinister-of- niines Baker and attorney-general Davie. They based their arguments solely on \"inequality of taxation;\" that it was unfair to tax the coal miner who employed Chinese, when the cannery owner and sawmill owner could employ them at will without taxation. The argument is, no doubt, based on equity; but minister-of- niines Baker probably forgets that his attention wtis called, in KSSSJ. to -i form of glaringly unequal taxation, that is, to the tax levied against till men working in or about quartz or placer mines. Minister Baker's attention has been called to the matter at every session of the legislature since ISSO; but. somehow, he is unable to screw his courage up to demand the repeal of the unfair tttx; anrl, as it has been ruled that legislation affecting the revenue can only be introduced by the government, outside members can do nothing in the matter. The unequal taxation is levied and collected under the provisions of section S of the Mineral Act, which is as follows: .Sections. Kvery person and joint slock company engaged in mining for minerals (other than coal) sliall take out a free miner's certilicatc, and every person or joint -stock conipany who mines or works as a miner.in any mineral claim, mine held as real estate, or tunnel, or on any lltiine, drain, or ditch, without having taken out or obtained such certificate, sliall, on conviction thereof in a summary way, forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding twenty-live dollars, besides costs: I'rovided, always, that nothing herein contained shall prejudice the right to collect wages or payment for work done by any person who, through not being a free minor, has rendered himself liable to the above penally. Previous to 1SS9, the miner was not only subject to the unfair tax, but if he had neglected to pay it, he could not compel his employer to pay him his wages. So gootl reason can be given for taxing a man for the privilege of working in a. quartz or in tt placer mine, anrl, in all justice, section S of the Mineral Act should be repealed. The Voters' List. . The following names were posted at the office of the collector of voters for the week ending the loth instant: Kraser, Itiehard Anderson, printer, Kaslo McLean,-.Samuel, cook,-Nelson Herube, Joseph Kmile. station agent, Glacier Stables. William, gardener, Glacier AIcArlhur, William A. brakeman, lllecillewaet Williamson, William, watchman. Glacier flowon, C. holelkeeper. Three Forks Brown, Thomas, miner, Kaslo Forbes. Duncan S, miner, Kaslo Alalioney, AI .1, miner, Kaslo Stritland, Anthony, miner, Kaslo Angrignon. Nestorius, iniiier, New Denver AlcCliisky, John, miner, Kaslo liurden, Oscar, carpenter. Pilot Hay AIoKonzie, llobert Aluiiro. miner, I'ilot Hay (\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'rant, James, miner, Ainswortn Daiisereau, Louis, clerk. Nakusp Duly, William, clerk. Nakusp Aluii'head. William Crosbie, clerk. Nakusp Naull, C 'Profile, holelkeeper, Nakusp Nelson, 0, laborer. Nnkusp .Inekson, John, laborer, Nakusp Niiult, Ludgor, carpenter. Nakusp Farrell, Henry, carpenter. Nakusp lircckc. .1 F. clerk. Nakusp (tiiinioiiet. Joseph, laborer. Nakusp Nault, Adelphic, gentleman, Nakusp Peterson. Shams, laborer, Nakusp Veiteh, Alexander. laborer. Nakusp Driseoll. James, painter. Nakusp Stone, William, laborer, Nakusp iJeschamps. Samuel, teamster, Nakusp Sashaw, John Ifenrv. teamster. Nakusp Plaud, D, laborer, Nakusp Hector, John, bartender. Nakusp Jienebe. F. teamster, Nakusp Anderson. Peter, laborer, Nakusp Pasicot. T S, foreman, Nakusp Heaudin. A E. cook, Nakusp Sansoni, Charles B, clerk. Nelson Malone, John J, hotelkeeper. Nelson Toye, Sidney Howard, miner. Nelson Loudin, Clillbrd P. porter, Nelson Murphy. .Michael, miner. Kaslo Sutton, It K, miner, Ivaslo Roberts, Abraham L, miner, Silverton Should be Made an Issue. Mr. Kellie's bill respecting the incorporation of tramway, telephone, and telegraph companies in West Kootenay was defeated when up for second reading by the speaker's vote, the members being equally divided\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD15 for and Io against. The bill aimed to do away with the necessity of procuring charters for companies desiring to build tramways or erect tele- Fred J. Spire Large Stock to Select From Merchant Tailor Prices to Suit the Times B.C. Slocan KASLO. The dining-niuni of this, the only llrst-clasH hotel in Knsl/i, j* now under the management of the undersigned, who will endeavor lo make it the best of any in ICootcnay. The hotel is lhe bead- i|iiiirlaUlB|_|l_B^^ ,__gwa>_\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDi.iiB\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD_ai-mi!Mm umiiiuMimiuiiii-imu'iiiwii'm W_,.U_-l_lJJ**i.,J-JJUIMMl\".'a^-'^\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'i^\"'-''''J'''"@en . "No paper 1895-1896, 1897-1905

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