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The Daily Columbian VOLUME VIII. NEW WESTMINSTER, B. ft, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 18»0. NUMBER 8.. T. J. TRAPP & CO. IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN GENERAL * HARDWARE Paints, Olid, Whitlow Glass, Wall Paiier, Brushes, Tar, Pitch, Oakum. Doom and Window, at Factory Prices. T. J. TRAPP, Ileal : Estate : Agent : and : General : Auctioneer, COLUMBIA STREET, NEW WESTMINSTER. ilwloltc Across the Street GEO. H.GRKNT HAS 5KIVEII HIS STOOK 01' BOOTS and SHOES TO STORE DIRECTLY OPPOSITE HIS OLD ONE, c. E. wood.., Land buhvrvor. A, G. GAMBLE, Nimni PlIHMr. Woods, Turner-A. Gamble, -*LAND*SURVEYORS,^ Real Estate, Insurance FINANCIAL AGENTS aud CONVEYANCERS. Land Surveying in all its brim.hoa accurately and promptly carried out. City and Sub. Lands for Sale. Wo can show a complete lint of desirable localities. Farming lands, improved or unimproved, throughout tlie district. Choice Brownsville Property for Sale. MONEY TO LOAN ON FIRST MORTGAGE AT CURRENT RATES OP INTEREST. Agents for the following Insurance Companies: Western of Toronto, JEkm, Oity of London, Hartford and Travellers. OFFICE—Opposite Post Omen, Bask ok B C. Bim.nmi, Columbia Stk-.t, New Westminster. Telephone Call No. 42. P. 0. Drawer 264. dtelto MAJOR & PEARSON, Real Estate Brokers, FINANCIAL * AND * INSURANCE * AGENTS. Property for Sale in nil parts nf the City aud Suburbs. ' We also have listed some of the'finest farming land in the Province. MONEY TO LOAN. HOUSES TO RENT. Agents for the Confederation Life Association of Toronto, the London und Gunrantec und Accident Co., Limited. General Agents for British Columbia for the American Steam Boiler Insuranco Co. of New York, and agents for the Royal and Atlas Fire Assnranco Companies of England, Union Fire and Marine lusurnuco Co. of San Francisco, South British Fire and Marine Insurance Co. of New Zealand. OFFICES: NEW WESTMINSTER-Cnlumbia Street, Bank nf B. C. Block. VANOOUVEB-Cordora Street, RAND BROS. Real Estate Brokers F1NHNC1HL AND Insurance Agents CONVEYANCERS, ETC. New Westminster, B.C, Professional and Business Cards, E. THORNTON FELL, Barrister, Solicitor and Notary Public. Masonic Block, New West- minster, dwtc T' C. ATKINSON, IlarrlHU-r, Solicitor, 4c. • Offices: MdwiiIc BnilrlliiK, Now Westminster, B. 0. __ dwto JB. CHERRY (A. H. Trinity College, Dub- • lin), Solicitor, Coininls-jonor for Affidavits, Conveyancer, etc. dap26to CORBOULD, McCOLL A JENNS, Bun-inters, Solicitors, etc. Offices: Masonl- Buildings, New Westminster, and Vancouver, B. C. dwtc ARMSTRONG, ECKSTEIN A GAYNOR. Barristers, Solicitors, etc. Armstrong's Block. New Westminster, B. C. dwlc REDEN WALKER, M.D., L. R. C. P. &8., • Edinburgh. Office: Amies St., opposite City Hall. Office hours: H toll a.m.; _io4und 7 to 8:B0 p, in. ' dte A J. HOLMES, 1). I). 8., surgeon Dentist. • Graduate of the Ohio College of Dental Surgery. Preservation of the natural teclli a specialty. Gas administered for painless extraction. In office day and ulghl over Bank of B, <:., (,'olmnbla St., New Westminster, u. C, tl winy file GW. GRANT, Architect. Office: Corner • Mary and Clnrkson Sis.. New Westminster, dwto CLOW A MACLURE, Aivbllei-ts, Office- Room E, over Bank of It. C. Columbia Si. Westminster. dte TVILLIAM K. KINO. Architect, Sanitary Vl Engineer, Ac Removed to Armstrong's Block, Columbia St., New Westminster— Room No.'.. die W A. KIRK, Dominion and I'm vlnirl.il Lund • Surveyor.—Colonial Hotel. dn.pl7i.il THIBAUDEAU, Und Surveyor and Draughtsman. Himilcy Block, New Westminster, II. 0, dtc ALBERT J. HILL (M. Can. Hue. C E.), Civil Engineer, Land Surveyor and DrnnRlits- man. Hamley Block. New Westminster, dwtc rp J. TRAPP, Auctioneer nnd Appraiser. X« Columbia St.. New Westminster. All commissions will receive prompt and careful attention. Best relerences given when re- (|Ulrcil. dte GprmtXDRK.il, Ileal Kxtntu Broker and • County Court Agent, Commissioner, Notary Public. Ac. If.-ins collected. 0.1W-M..- Kongle St., Wcstiiiluster, 11. C. dtc MISSES McDOUGALL, Dress Makers. Columbia St., New Westminster B.C. Satisfaction guaranteed. ^^ dte MISS JENNINGS (Lnle of England), Kaslilon- able Dress Maker. Corner ol Church and Columbia Sts., New Westminster. Satisfaction guaranteed. dwte rpHOMAS GIKFORD, Watchmaker and law X eller. Front St., New Westminster, dwte TXT ELSON, MERCHANT TAILOR, of Port TT • Moody, will I» In Westminster on the Ilrst Wednesday of evory month to take orders. [dap5le] CHAS. MURRAY, House, Sign aud Ornamental Painting. Paper Hanging aud Kalsomlning a spcclallv. Nona but Ilrst-class men employed. Shop, Clarkson St.; Resilience, Lowe Bt. dwtc ALEX. HAMILTON (11. C. MONUMENTAL Works), Importer A Manufacturer of Marble and Uraiiito Monument-, Headstones, Tablets, Ac, cor. Church A Columbia sts., New West- minster, B. C. dwnpl.le THURLBOURN, General Repairer, Me- _ i Kenzie St. All kinds of Sewing Machines repaired equal to new. Needles. Oil and At- ■ ' ' ' ' ">vs tilled; Sawsliled, - (_m.U7to TURNER, BEETON A CO.. Merclmnts. Wharf St.. Victoria. Agents for North British and Mercantile Insurance Co. for Mainland. If. C. BKKTON A Co,, 86 PinslHiry Circus, London, E. C. dtc IMPERIAL Fire Insurance Company Oi' LONDON; Capital, - - £1,(100,000 Stg. Rates as low as any other reliable Company doing business In nriili.li Columliiu. dfelte W. J. WALKER & CO. TELEPHONE CATX M. Clmitni'd Accountants, Oity Amiitors 1 SS(l-7-8-!l, Ooiivcynniicrs, Notaries Public. REAL ESTATE r.t»iiil<„i .. I.u.irH.lilni It'lrt! Inmirniica Oo tHNK H. U. HI.OISK, Stay StW'1, • SEW WKSTMISSTER rtwf-lt. . ARMSTHl Asvlll No Real Estate, INSURANCE -ash- Financial Agents, Purchase, Sell and Lease Property, Collect Bents, Make Loans on Mortgages And transact nil hiiHiiioHH relating to real estate; AGENTS FOR London Assurance Corporation, Connecticut Fire Insuranoe Oo. of Hartford, London and Lancashire Life Assurance Co., Canton Insuranoe Office, Limited (Ma- rine), OFFICES- Buohby Block, New Westminster. 4-1 Government Street, Victoria, dwfeite HATS! HATS! In all the Latest Shades and Styles, in Hard and Soft Felt, for Men and Boys, AT J. E. PHILLIPS', Leading * Clothier * and :|: Hatter COLUMBIA STREET, NEW WESTMINSTER. ' dwlelto S. T. Mackintosh & Co. REAL:-: ESTATE:-: BROKERS Insurance and Financial Agents, Conveyancers, Notaries, Etc. Colonial Block, New Westminster, B. C. THE KAISER'S ARMY. Von Moltke says the Peace of Europe can only he Maintained l»y Arms. Sixteen Thousand Spaniards Join in an Affecting Farewell to an Old Bull Fighter. Ovor a Hundred Cases of Diphtheria iu a Little New England Town. The War Ita v en Croaks. Berlin, May 14,—In the Reichstag today the Minister of War explained at some length the provision.) of the proposed military bill. Count Von Moltke supported the Minister's representation., und said that the European situation was ooo of increasing delicacy aud one which was steadily growing more difficult of solution. By reason of the intricate problems in state policy which it constantly preHentedj it was Count Vonmoltke asserted, "imperative that Germany should maintain her strong military system, as only a strong .Government would he able to maintain peace." Continuing, Von Moltke said that while it was true tin; most of the great powers honestly desired tlio preservation of peace and that evorybody hesitated to throw the spark into the powder barrel, yet the guarantee for the security of the empire could only be found in Germany's strength and preparation. A Sad Farewell. Madrid, May 14.—The celebrated Toicador Frnnscnolo, the favorite bull lighter of Spain, took leave of the ring to-day after 23 years service. He is nearly 50 years of age, aud his many wounds Compel him lo rotire. The whole route to tbe bull Hug on the occasion of his fairwell performance was the scene of frantic excitement. Unheard of prices were paid for seats, and 16,000 people of all ranks, including the Infanta Donna Isabella, were present. After killing several bulls, Franscuelo left the ring amid cheers, acclamations and tears. , The Colossus a Faille. Paris, May 14.—Bartholdi and Eiffel, after careful calculation, have decided that the celebrated wonder of the world, the Colossus of Rhodes, as described by ancient historians, could not possibly have existed, for technical reasons. Eiffel worked the problem out thoroughly with Bartholdi, and proved as conclusively as modern science can go that the legend of the Colossus is as mythical as thoso of Hercules or any other of tlie sun gods of old. Rioting Striker*. Hamiiuno, May 14.—To-day witnessed tlie continuance of the riotous proceedings of yesterday begun by the striking gas workers, aided by numbers of idle persons. The strikers engaged in conflicts with the police resulting in the wounding of several of their number nnd the arrest of others. all the trackmen to quit work. Half a dozen small riots occurred ou the route, some men refusing to quit, several were severely beaten. When they reached Newburg the mob numbered. 200 and easily overcame all opposition. Their raid was so quickly carried, into effect that the police liad.no chance to interfere. More trouble is feared to-morrow. Plundered a Train. Cettinjk, May 14.—A party of Albanians attacked and plundered a provision train on tlie way from Irek to thiB town. A woman was killed and several others wounded. The Montenegrins are greatly excited, and conflicts are impending. Annual Report of the C. IN K. Montreal, May 14.—At the annual meeting of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, to-day, 843,848 shares. were ropresonted. The old board of dir rectors was re-elected with the exception of R. V. Martin in whose place General Samuel Thomas, of New York, was elected. The report for the last year was highly satisfactory, showing gross earnings, f 15,030,000; working expenses, |0,024,001; net earnings, $0,000,051); fixed charges, $3,770,132. A Scotch Shlii in Distress. San Fitancisco, May 14.—A dispatch to the Merchants Exchange from Monte Video this morning, says that tho British bark Embloton from Androssan for Tacoma is reported off the Chilian coast totally dismasted. A steamer has gone to her assistance. Buy and Sell Real Estate, Manage Estates for non-residents, Make Investments for Clients, Negotiate Loans, Collect Rents, Write Insurance. Agents for t Commercial Union Insurance Co.of London. Capital, fl2,600,(100 j ..osson pnlcl, ♦80,000,000. Accident Insurance Co. of North America. (K_FAny information regarding British Columbia will bo (tarnished upon application, cither personally or by letter, nt nny of thoir offices. RHND BROS. OFFICES: NEW WESTMINSTER. VANCOUVER (Cor. Abbott & Cordova Sin. ami flinnvlllo St.) LONDON, En*. (107 Cannon St.) <lwf-1t- OFEEB FOR SALE: Choice Business and Residence Property in the City and Suburbs. Some fine pieces of Acreage just outside city limits. Building Lots and Acreage in Sapperton and Brownsville. Farming Lands, Improved and Unimproved) in all parts of the District. Call and Examine Our Lists.. Blaine, B. C, On tho Line of the Westminstor Southern R. It., adjoining Blaine, Wash., and in tho centre of a beautiful and extensive farming country, offers a splendid field for investment. Ovor 500 Lots sold during the past throe months. Prices will be increased in a few days. Get in beforo the rise and secure n bargain. S. T. MACKINTOSH & CO., AGENTS. Colonial Block, New Westminster, B. C. *1apl6to A Desperate Fight. 'oitTSMOUTii, May 14.—A desperate fight with knives occurred yesterday between James Mault and Spencer Huston, and the struggle ended iu the death of Mault, who waB stabbed to the heart. Airs. Huston, a widow ami mother of tlie murderer, has been iu straitened circumstances for a long timo and kept a boarding house. She borrowed money from Mault aud after a time they lived together. This so enraged the woman's son, who was working in the neighborhood, that he came to Portsmouth this morning and learning the true state of affairs, went to his mother's house aud announced his intention of killing both Mrs. Huston and Mault. When he entered the house he drew a revolver on Mault and the latter grabbed a carving knife. Huston Haying he would not take any advantage dropped Ids revolver and seized a carving knife. The men fought desperately for ovor half an hour, Huston finally planting the knife between Mault's ribs, and striking it to the hilt, penetrating his heart. Tlie woman lied. Public sympathy is with Huston. Deadly Diptherla. • Northampton, Mass., May 14.—Hod .flags are fluttering on every street in East Hampton. It Is an epidemic of diptheria; over 100 cases are already reported and thirty deaths have resulted. A man named John Messer, has lost four children within five days. The iiotcl has been closed and placed under quarantine, several cases being there. Thin morning a corps of physicians from the Massachusetts general hospital took charge nf the _ufierers. The blame is laid to laxity in the enforcement of the sanitary laws of the board of health, and the non-quarantining of cases in rich families. After Sixteen Year*. Augusta, Ga., May 14.—Win. Bta'rnl- celler was discharged yesterday from tho penitentiary at Empire, (ia., whero he has served 10 years of his life on a sentence for murder, of which, he was innocent. Last week a man named Crane had a number of witnesses called in and he confessed on his death bed that he swore falsely against Starniceller. i'rnlmbljr Suicided. San Francisco, May 14.—Lena I-otty, a seventeen-year old girl, died under mysterious circumstances last Sunday. She camo to her death front arsenic poisoning and a chemical analysis of her stomach showed a large quantity of arsenic. The coroner will hold an inquest to-duy. The Hand of Cain. Portland, Me., May 14,—Andrew .T. Phimmer of Saccorappa was found murdered In his.yard this morning. Novel Iih* Material. Nkw York, May 14.—Tho matter referred to iu tho complaint against Mug- grave is In the shape of a type-written pamphlet and is entitled, "Statement of Blackmailing Case." The story in tho pamphlet is remarkably sonsa- sational and very lengthy. It relntes to the misfortunes of a Wall street broker in missing stocks and who is suid to havo beeu blackmailed by a man and a woman, through schemes of an extraordinary nature. Another Quarantine Station. San Francisco, May 14.—Dr. Preston H. Bailhache, of the United States marine hospital service, returned to the city from Port Townsond, yesterday. He tins located a quarantine station on Marrow* tone reservation, His choice was approved of by tho Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce. This is the third station on the Pacific coast, the other one being at Kan Diego aud the central nud model one at Angel Island. Lead and Void Steel Wanted. Ci.kvki.ani), Ohio, May 14.—One hundred trackmen of the Cleveland A Pittsburg Hallway struck on Tuesday for un advance nf 25 cents per day. Thoir demands having been Ignored they armed themselvos with clubs and started from Whisky Island ou the Luke front, up the truck towards Newburg, compelling Harry Hill. Nkw York, May 14.—Harry Hill is "broke," Thefamous old sport's lastnbid- iug place iu Harlem 1ms been finally closed, and nil of its goods and belongings sold out by tbe auctioneer. Lack of police protection is the cause. Hotter Fight Over It. Wabash, Ind., May 14.—A big boycott is in operation at the town of Warren, near this'city. Many merchants aro preparing to leave the place. The Warren News bus suspended publication this week on account of the squeeze. The president of the Fair Association haB announced that no exhibition will be given this year owing to the disturbed business relations. The trouble is between the merchants and the farmers alliance, members of which declare that the Warren merchants have ignored them and refused to make them special, prices. The alliance controls the trade of the vicinity. London Honors Stanley. London, May 13.—The reception given to Henry M. Stanley by the corporation of the city of London in the Guild Hall to-day was the grandest of all the demonstrations that have been made in honor of the great explorer since his arrival here. Long before the time appointed for the reception, the streets in the vicinity of the Guild Hall were so crowded with people that traffic was entirely suspended, a state of affairs that existed for several hours. The speeches, which were delivered by several members of the municipal government welcoming Stanley to London and conferring upon him the freedom of the city, were of the most eulogistic character. A largo number of ladies were in attendance and paid especial attention to the guest of the occasion. The freedom of the city was presented iu the usual diminutive casket and the explorer was also tbe recipient of a number of pictures and maps of Africa and London, together with the arms of Great Britain and the United States. Thanking his entertainers for tbe honor conferred upon him, Mr. Stanley said that tho Congo country might have belonged to England if Englishmen hnd listened to tlie lectures he delivered between 1878 and 1884, and the consequence is that Belgium is reaping 100 per cent, of the benefits. England might have had East Africa, but her journalists see everything through au opaque glass, and Germany to-day has tbe lion's share and cannot fail to win tbe Congo country in the long run. The Germans, he said, have a monarch who is wide awake. Major Weissman never heard of such a thing as quakerism, peace societies, anti-enterprise companies mid namby-pamby journalism, which are clogs to every hearty man in England, lie expressed the hope that the Government would remember the services of his compunons nnd not chill their young souls with the neglect which first warped poor Gordon after his heroic achievements in China. CORRESPONDENCE. THAT CHURCH (YAJtll) STREET GHOST. SiM'iioR Columbian — Sir: — Your ifch Street cotemporary is trying to be Very sentimental over that ghost or ghost! that appeared to him in his last night's dream. He seems to be awfully afraid of a little historical research witli respect to the;Islaud's never-dying determination to make tools of every Mainland representative for its own special benefit. These ghosts that have been "jostling him," hi tbe imaginations of his fertile cranium, will never cease to trouble him so long us he makes himself the mere tool of a few politicial knaves. Votki.. A PARTING WORD. Editor Columbian—Sir: Every man thinks his own cow the fairest, ami 1 must, therefore, crave your permission to say a few words further in defence of my scheme of a floating bridge us against tbat which you favor, viz: a ferry. You urge that tbe forry could lw put on for $20,000 to $110,000 at. tbe outside, a good one, in thorough working order. Granted, it could. My scheme would cost $50,000 or perhaps $60,000. Moreover, I said a floating bridge would be " more or less temporary; "so It would, in the sense that it is impossible to foresee what the requirements of New Westminster tuay be within the life time of the present generation. In another sense, if the city were only likely to double its population in that period, it might be said that with ordinary repairs a floating bridge would last a century or more. There are many on the broad rivers of continental Europe which have lusted as long and are still doing good service. The real question to niv mind, however, may be put thus: Would you or any practical man of business rather have an engine and boiler that cost say $2,000 and burnt five cords of wood a day or one that cost $5,000 and burnt only two cords? The former is the ferry, the latter the floating bridge. It may be taken for granted that whatever is now done would have to hold good for ten or fifteen years, and to put the question of cost fairly, ono must seo how much the scheme adopted is likely to cost during that period. I was much gratified, though at the same time surprised, to sec the letter of "Pons Pontis"—surprised, that is, to learn bow few there are who realize what my scheme really means; and that, indeed, most people seemed to think it was something novel nnd untried, instead of having been made use of for generations on many of the great rivers of Europe and Asia. There is only one more thing left for me to do. If tho committee appointed by the Council would cure to have any further information ou tbe subject, I shall bo happy to attend any meeting they mav name; when I hope I shall be able to show them that a floating bridge could be opened for traffic ub soon as a ferry and, in the long run, would cost no more, probably less. And I mny contend, further, that when a high level street bridge is built the old scows and moorings of the floating bridge will be worth quite as much as the old ferry boat for opening a communication elsewhere. 1 venture to usk you, sir, of your courtesy, to allow me to make this offer through your columns; for I am sure that, although we may differ iu opinion as to the means to be adopted, we are at one as to tho end to be aimed at—a substantial, commodious and inexpensive means of crossing the Fraser. Yours very faithfullv, W. E. Bovii.1.. P.S.—Owing .to the wretched means of communication on this left bank of the Fraser, I have only seen my letter and that of "Pons Pontis" in point; Wo seem to be as Canon Kingsley would have put it "at the other end of nowhere," though right on the Yale wagou( ?) road, one of the main roads of tho country. ...............______ FORT LANGLEY ITEMS. tin fort nun te Mormons. Nkw Orleans, May 13.—A Times-De- mocrat's special from Vernon, Fin., says: Two Mormon elders have been tramping through Washington aud Holmes counties distributing their religious tracts. They went bv tlie names of Elders .lames and Maxwell and hailed from Utah. They had proselyted to a considerable extent especially among tho young, unmarried women. They secured a party of women to go west with them and left with them laat week. Abiaham King, living six miles from here, had two daughters in the party. King and his son, with hia neighbors, one of whose wifo was with the "converts," pursued tlie Mormons, and on catching them flogged them unmercifully and then let them loose and began shooting on them. The Mormons ran into a swamp and have not been seen since, and It is believed that they perished. The young women were brought home and every one of them'was well switched, their parents making each ono whip the other. ___ Treatment of Dynamiters. London, May 12.—In every way a sensation has been caused by the blue- book report issued by the special committee appointed to ' inquire into the cruel treatment of the American dynamiters confined in Chatham prison. The Tory supporters ignore it, of course, but the Irish party intend to raise a vigorous debute in the Commons upon it, and get the details beforo the public in that way. The report admits that tho complaints of the dynamiters being trented with Bpeclul severity have been sustained, although the action of the prison authorities in treating them so Ib justified by the commission on the grounds that the offence for which they were sentenced desorved it. The evidence shows thnt John Daly Egnn and Dr. Gallighcr have experienced tho utmost brutality at the hands of the prison wardens. Thev have been punished severely for trivial breaches of prison discipline. In the case of Daly, particularly, after hia refusal to perjure himself at the instigation of Plgott and the Times' solicitor, he was subjected to greater harshness than before. He was nearly poisoned with doses of belladonna on threo occasions, but the commission has reported that this was purely the result of accident. There- port sava that the men who were convicted in Scotland should bo changed to Scotch prisons, so that thov may receive the visits of their friends, which they are entitled to under the rules, and which distance and the poverty of their relatives have provontoa them from receiving. The report, upon the whole, shows that confinement in any English prison for offences connected with Irish politics in any way is far worse than the Immediate penalty of death. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. | from Our Own Correspondent.] There was au interim meeting of the Reeve and Council in the Town Hall here on Saturday, the 10th inst., in connection with the opening of the roud westward along the river towards Hammond, through the old townslto of Derby. TIiIb is a work which, when accomplished, will greatly increase the convenience of tho inhabitants in that portion of the district, and bo of great service when the Fraser is ice-locked from boat traffic, by allowing a passage across at favorable points approachable from this new thoroughfare. It has been long in contemplation to carry out this undertaking, but uuforseeu obstacles prevented its progress; our present energetic municipal councillors, however, are putting their shoulders to the wheel, and we may hope that In the near future the truck will be available for public use. Another much needed work also occupied the attention of the Council, namely, the repair and gravelling of a portion of the trunk road leading from the town of Langley to the Prairie, as far as tho bridge across the Salmon River. This portion of tho chief highway to the wharf has long been in a deplorable condition, and it Is hoped that It. will now be so levelled, graded and metalled, as to make it hotter fitted for the heavy traffic which it has to accommodate, at least for some little time to come. Tho river has risen considerably during the week, and is now gradually spreading its waters through the various creaks, over tho, low-lying land ou each side of its hanks, and the prairies are assuming the form of-lurge hikes, interspersed with islands, adding to tho beautiful scenic effects of the district. The steamers are plying to and fro with great regularity, und the new craft, Delaware, makes ita way with grout strides along the river, the old and smaller boat bravely preceding or cloBely following its rival. The Wm, Irving has the course to itself, but, although enjoying the privilege of a "walk over/' keeps up ita reputation for regularity and speed, as in former seasons. There is one important matter to be noticed in regard to these steamers, which we would desire to bring especially to tho notice of the owners, namely, the unskilled and rough-aud-ready way in which they, the steamers, aro brought up at the warves and landings. The force with which thev are Lumped against the piling is such that If continued, these structures will ho so injured as to render them useless or dangerous; in which place the navigation companies will no doubt have to replace or repair them. It is hoped, however, that this timely intimation will be attended to in the proper quarters; and such a casualty to all concerned, bo averted. The assistant commissioner of the Hudson's Bay Company has paid u visit to their old post here, ami was no doubt well satisfied with tbe result of his inspection, and we may expect now that this being at present the only store iu the place, evory exertion will be made to supply the settlers with necessaries of good quality and at such reasonable prices as to shut out competition. The S resent manager of tho company, Mr, aiiies M. Drummond, is quite alive to the position, and is likely to keep iu view lu this situation the interests of the company, coupled with those of their customers. Langley, Mny 12th, 1890. PARK IMPROVEMENTS. Queen's Park Is Hetng Transformed and Will Soon Blossom as the Rose. The beautifying of Queen's Park is going forward at a most satisfactory riltfe, under the superintendence of Mr. Peter Luthaui, park-keeper. Fine walks are being laid out and ornamental flower-beds, in which the finest aud most beautiful specimens of floriculture will he blooming before long. To judge from the specimens visible at the pros- sent time our park will undoubtedly soon be transformed into a perfect earthly paradise with flowors and shrubs beautiful green velvety lawns, trim gravelled walks and the pleasant cool shade of thick fotiaged trees. Here the rich aud poor alike can come and revel ' in the delicious prospects that spread on every side and breathe the aromatic incense of the flowers. Tho children will find many a pretty nook and stretch of springy turf on which to disport themselves and gambol the livelong day. The tired and careworn business man and the honest toilers of the forge, tlie factory and the workshop can find here a calm and cool retreat wherein to smoke the pipe of perfect rest or chew the quid of blissful contentment for au hour or two iu the summer evenings. Once; or perhaps twice, a week the City band will give the owners of the "wood notes wild" a chance to draw breath or "wet their whistles," just as they ehoose, and uo doubt the vicinity of tho plashing fountain will be consecrated by many a vow from Corydon to Phyllis or vice versa, of never dying fidelity and true lovo. The nimble-footed athlete will also find in thiB rare spot a place to don the spiked racing shoes and break his previous records. And the glorious sight of contending teams, lacrosse, football, cricket, base ball, "come rolling fresh on Fancy's eye," while the clamour of the vast concourse of spectators "makes music of a braver sort." All tastes will be well-suited at the park and the advent of the street cars, an event that is believed to be not far distant, will complete the "eternal fitness" of the thing. The work on the new wings of the exhibition building will soon be finished nnd these additions will be an immense improvement to tbe old building. Nothing scorns to havo been forgotten in the matter of improving the park and no pains will be spared to mako it a grand success in overy particular. Any one who takes the trouble to walk up there will bo astonished at the vast strides thut have been made since the beginning of this year in making the park a place of beauty and a credit to tliis city. Why She Committed Suicide. Tho body of the Indian woman Sarah, which was found hanging from n tree on the Indian reserve last week was taken up to Cowichan on Saturday und interred yesterday. The remains were given a decent burial by the white husband of the deceased. The coffin in which they were incased cost, it is said, $150. Enquiry as to the causes which prompted the unfortunate woman to take hor own life, having elicited u fact or two, which surrounded the case with a tint of the sentimental. Sarah, who. was the daughter of a Cowichan chief, became enamored, some time ago, of a young buck of her own tribe and skipped out, leaving her white husband alone nnd disconsolate. From Victoria they went directly to the rancherie at Cowichan aud sought for tho paternal blessing of tbe woman's father ou tho unlawful company. But the tyhee was un austere man who could not he influenced by sentimental drivel, aud after hearing their story, ordered the woman to go back to her old love and live with him to tlie end of her days. The word of the old chief was law. Sarah went back, but her soul no longer delighted in all those things which go to make lifo bright and beautiful to the squaw, and she pined away, even as tho doe robbed of the companionship of its mate. Then the olid came. Champion of a Martyr. London, May 11. — Robert Louis Stevenson, iu a letter addressed to Kev. Mr. Hyde, of Honolulu, enters into the energetic defense of the late Rev. Father Damieu, the famous missionary among the lepers of the Sandwich Islands, against Mr. Hyde's declarations that the leprosy of which Father Damien died was due to his vices and his personal unclcanliuoss. Mr. Stevenson not only defends Damicu's character from the* aspersions of Hyde, but attacks Hyde's character and conduct, and charges him with living a lifo of elegant case as a "swell" missionary, occupying a fine houae with the most luxurious surroundings available and keeping safely away from tbe leprous and diseased poor, while Father Damieu renounced all the comforts of life and waa crowned with the glory of saintly abnegation, while in the midst of the poor and surrounded by the worst forms of human misery. Stevenson, although be is himself a Presbyterian, goes so far as to denounce Presbyterian missionaries generally, for, as he alleges, their avoidance of anything like self-sacrifice iu their labors. He declares that Damien was a man of pure and blameless life, aud that Hyde's charges are based on the open slander and obscene gossip of tho drinking houses of Apia, Honolulu. The letter is a model of Stevenson's incisive stylo. A Chieforthe Desert. Home, Muy 12.—Among the most notable persons who have recentlycome to the Eternal City is the notorious Mous- sa-al-Akknd, who is as well known on the boulevards at Paris aud ou the Pin- em at Homo as he is iu tho northwestern portion of tho African continent. Strikingly handsome, refined and highly educated, he is us much nt home iu the salon of a French graudo diiuie or the smoking room of an exclusive metropal- itau club as he is in tho tent of a desert chief or the mud hut of au Abyssinian genoral. His knowledge of the world may bo gauged by tho fact that for fifteen years be has been accustomed to transmit all of his ill-gotten wealth to England, and that the whole of his large fortune is in the safe keeping of the Bunk of England. It is extremely doubtful, however, whether ho will ever be able to derive any personul benefit from tho result ot his foresight in monoy matters, for he arrived here heavily chained ou board au Italian man-of-war, nnd now lies In ono of the terrible circular cells of the great San Slefano prison, where he Is to spend tho remainder of his life in solitary confinement. There aro many who freely wager that within a few years he will find some means or other to secure his liberty, nnd they base their opinion in the mutter ou the wonderful manner in which he hus alwuvs until now been able to wrigglo out of difficulties, even of a more serious naturo than thoso hi which ho now finds himself. Moussa wns made prisoner by the Ituliuns'for treason. While in a trusted position he conspired to deliver Massowah to tho Abyssiniuns and masmiore the Italian army. He was condemned to death but the sentence wub commuted to life imprisonment by King Humbert. l-'or Side- A carload of Poruheron and Clydesdale Horses and Brood Mares; just arrived from tho East and can be seen at Transfer Stables for two daya. All horses guaranteed.—K. McSwnln, *te Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorh. __.■___._. i_»__l_ljui SJUJJUJMJtSlAJJI, JSJt-W W JUOX__U._L_.lBXXjXi| IS. *J.t JHAi 14, lOlJU. VOLUME VIII-No. 87. THE DAILY COLUMBIAN FUM..S1IBI) Every Afternoon Except Sunday BY -51 Kennedy Brothers fs- At their Steam Printing Establishment, (.or. Columbia Street and J.ytton Square. BY MAIL: One Year ?8 00 Six UoiiUiB 4 60 Three -Months 2 fiO DELIVERED IN THE CITY: One Year 110 00 Six Months 560 Three Months 8 00 Per Month 1 00 PerWeek Payment to be made in BilvaiiOB. THE "WEEKLY OOLUMBIAN ISSUED KVCKY WEDNESDAY MOUNINO, One Year f2 00 THE DAILY COLUMBIAN WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 11, lSftO, THAT "JJ1UCK OF QUESTIONS.' We had hoped that we were through with the Sentinel's prefatory remarks anent tho problems thnt we suggested for its consideration, hut our cotempoiv ary wns very loth to grapple with those terrible questions, and made the prelude as long ns possible. In addition to the expressions noticed in our, lust inane we are told in tho introductory pnrt of the article under consideration thnt "the "Sentinel does not poso as an apologist " for the measure nt ull, any further " than that, hh it was accepted hy the " Legislature and received tho royal " assent, it became luw, nud it wus " deemed unwise to foster or encourage " the feelings of bitterness and uuimos' " ity that had arisen between the two " sections of the Province * '* * Tbe " Sentinel * * * while firmly bo- " lieving it [the redistribution mensure] " wns not all that it should be, deemed " it best to leavo the electors free to " ondorso or repudiate tho measure at " the polls." Taking this lust sentence first, hi its labored apology for itself quoted above, we would ask the Sentinel if the sentiment enunciated therein expresses its conception of tho duties aud responibili- ties of true journalism—"firmly believ- " ing" tbat a measure "was not all that " it Bhould be," yet preferring to skulk under cover until the electors—with less means of information ut their disposal than their supposed watchman and teacher—should lead oft' and pronounce the mensure good or bad? We would ask our cotemporary tbat bears the watchful name, and has its tower within the portals of the vast Interior land, if it considers it is thus fulfilling the responsible aud sacred duty of a Sentinel? If so, even tho goose tribe (reputed most silly of birds) will occupy a loftier niche in tho temple of fame than the (go-called) Sentinel can hope to attain. The Sentinel has professed a groat tenderness—a painful super-sensitiveness in fact—in the mntter of stirring up sectionnlistie feeling and animosity in the Province, Our cotemporary would not talk in that puerile strain if it understood or appreciated the true state of tbe case. With equal appropriateness and wisdom, and on the same general grounds, might it advocate withholding the probe from tire bullet-wound, the lance from the carbuncle, and the knife and the cautery from the rattle-snake* bite! Tho poison hus been allowed to entrench itself too thoroughly in the body politic. Any whimpering and shrinking policy now is stupidity and madness. It will but aggravate the malady and postpone its euro indefinitely, if not practically render it possible. Desperate diseases require desperate remedies, The heroic treatment is the only cure for the arrogant and impudent sectionalism which has so long been cursing the Province, nnd which has received its last and most obtrusive and scandalous exemplification and embodiment iu the in-fmnous lie- distribution Bill. And the heroic treatment must ho clapped on without de- lay—now!—or no cure will be possible, and disruption Mill h, the certain doom of the Province. So much for the Sentinel as a walch< man for the Interior, snoozing comfortably in its garret, enwrapped iu partisan cobwebs, and crooning the while a monotonous lullaby, to soothe, if possible, its entire constituency into tbo samo enchanted drowsiness, when it should bo alert and watchful at its casement, discerning the "signs of tbe times," interpreting their real significance, and Bounding a true nud clear note of alarm of the danger surely impending, that immediate steps may he taken for its averting. But tho Sentinel gets down to those problems at last, which it quotes, and we shall do the same (for they still hold the prize belt, tho Sentinel having been worsted, as we Bhall see, and neither tho Colonist nor the World having yet ventured to shake a lance at the champions) : What sort of a baBis, it would be very interesting to know (and by-the-bye, the Sentinel may answer this question in its next), would the Sentinel propose for a fair and just redistribution for this Province? But, by referring back to our problems, it will be seen that the Sentinel, in ita distress, is trying to skulk behind a sly but stupid misstatement of our position. Bo far from limiting the basis of representation to population and amount contributed to revenue (important as those two items undoubtedly nre), it will be seen, by quoting from tbe problems again, that we Included some other important factors iu the basis: " Upon what good grounds," we asked, " should 7,111 voters on the " bland, similarly situated and circum* " stanced, hut embraced in less area, nnd " contributing less to the revenue than " 0,550 Mainland voters, be given SIX- " TEEN representatives, while the lat- " ter nre allowed but SIX?" Tbe Sentinel has not attempted to dispute our premises, and the reluctant, but only logical and true, answer wns wrung from it immediately: "Uponno "good grounds whatever," Then, feeling the necessity of breaking the force of this damaging but unavoidable admission, the Sentinel states that we havo only partially laid tho facts before our readers, ustatement which, as \ve have already aaid, it utterly fnils to substantiate. The next squirm of our unhappy cotemporary is to admit its incompetence "to enter into nn argu- " nient as to what should or should not " constitute a just representation iu the '* Legislature," and then,. getting, ns it imagines, somewhat under cover by Us various removes from -the dreadful subject, it attempts the petty la'reeny which we have exposed. Not much more remains to be noticed in our cotemporary's progress along a i very hard road. Borrowing, without credit, from the Colonist, the Sentinel trots out the followiugabsurd, deliberate and barefaced misconstruction, which we have not thought it worth while to notice before: "To follow the argument of Tug Columbian to a logical conclusion, that journal would have 14 of the 17 Mainland representatives elected in New Westminster District, while the other portions of the Mainland would have to be satisfied with 3. It will be seen that this ridiculous and impudent assertion is based upon the grounds that a cast-iron "balance of power" must bo maintained on the Island, no matter how the rest of the Province should suffer. Iu reply to tbe second problem, viz.— " Why wob not some attempt made to " equalize this glaring disproportion," etc. ?—the Sentinel "would remark that " it is as firm an advocate of Mainland " rights as oven The Columbian would " drire to be, and while admitting that " on the surface there appears an evident "intention to do the Mainland injustice (the italics are ours, of course), " we at the same time are firmly con- " vlnced that no such intention was " contemplated by the Government " Oh, Ah! Very reassuring; but why so ! tender about the Government? Who said that the Government did contemplate injustice towards the Mainland? IT WAS FORCED TO ALLOW IT, however! The Sentinel then falls back upon the temporary promises of the Government —a point which wo dealt with yesterday—and concludes as follows, addressing this journal: "Aud now a problem "for your consideration: Do you ■' honostly and sincerely entertain the ' thoughtthat the interests of New AVest- " minster Disti ict and her people—or " the Province as a whole—will suffer " materially, oh at all, through the " fact of the representation of that dis- " trict counting but six hi place of four- " teen?" We could ahnoBt imagine that the Premier had inspired this, as it constituted the unworthy dernier ressort of bis famous apology for the Redistribution Bill. To such asllly and wholly irrelevant question to the subject under discussion, wo feel very much like ejaculating "bath!" and, perhaps, it is the best answer after all. Wo have treated tho Sentinel's "an- "swer" thus at length, and accorded it the importance it haa received in these columns, not so much on account of its intrinsic importance ns because of the fact that the Sentinel's arguments on the question, in reply to our problems, ure evidently the best that can be made. Our cotemporary had a full week to consider the question, and could, if necessary, have summoned uld from other attorneys of the defendant. Aa none of the other attorneys have entered an appearance, we are justified in concluding that they have decided to rest the ease" on the advocacy of the Sentinel. Wo are perfectly willing that it should now go to the jury, and, barring ' undue influence," we have no doubt of tbo verdict that will be given on the Kith of June next. "Tho problem is this: Upon what good grounds should 7,111 voters ou the Island, similarly situated and circumstanced, but embraced In less urea und contributing loss to tho revenue than 0,550 Mainland voters, bo given SIXTEEN [the Sentinel, of course, was too tender-hearted lo put tho important words in capitals, as it found them in the quotation which it reproduced from this paper—that might stir up 'sectlonulis- 'tic animosity'| representatives, while the latter are allowed but SIX? Before the* redistribution,' the representation of the two sections indicated by the above figures was, respectively, THIRTEEN and FOUR. When an opportunity was given—and tbe reasonableness and justice of such a course (if there is any meaning in tho words) cannot but be apparent to anyone—why was not some slight attempt mnde to equalize thiB glaring disproportion, Instead of aggravating it?" After making the quotation above, the Sentinel proceeds: '' Looking at the mat• " ter as it appears on the surface, and " as presented by Tiir Columbian, tho "Sentinel would answer: ' Upon uo " ' grounds-whatever.' But," the Sentinel continues, "onr cotemporary has only " partially laid tho facts before its " readers"—an assertion which the Sentinel utterly fails in its subsequent remarks to make good, Tho very next sentence is ns follows: " Our knowledge " of the topography of tho Island or1 of " the various districts represented " thereon ia not sufficient to enable us " to enter into an argument as to what " ahould or should not. constitute a "just'representation in the Legisla- " ture." Just so. " But," the Sentinel adds, " we know sufficient to establish " the fact that a basis of representation " by population or on the amount con- " tributed to tho revenue could not be " consistently carried out." Towderly's Manifesto. Scran-ton, Pa., May 14.—General Muster Workman Powderly issued a manifesto, to-day, to the Knights of Labor that will cause a flutter among tho politicians of Pennsylvania. The subject iB ballot reform, and Mr. Powderly favors a constitutional convention for tlie purpose of eliminating the provision in the organic law of the state which requires all ballots to be numbered. BROWNSVILLE We Have Listed in tie fell *D' Present Price Holds Good for a Few Days Only. MOWAT & SLOAN, REAL ESTATE BROKERS, Columbia St F. Stirsky, -JIUEADINGlS- WATCHMAKER: AND: JEWELER Columbia St., opposite Scoullar Block. If you want to buy a nice Ladies' Gold or Silver Watch; or a Gentleman's Gold or Silver Watch in nny style, go to F. Stirsky's. He has Clocks from 50 cts. to $50, all styles and varieties, embracing a choice selection of German Cuckoo Clocks, beautifully baud carved and first-class time keepers, and astonishingly cheap. A splendid selection of Genuine Diamond Ladies' aud Gentlemen's Rings, and a great assortment of Ladies'nnd Gentlemen's Engagement Rings. Also a very large assortment of all kinds of Emblem Finn and Watch Charms. A lino selection of Ladles' und Gents' Watch Guard., nud it large variety of Ladles and (it-linemen's Jewelry. Gentlemen's Watches from |S to flOO. Kvery article sold is warranted ns represented. A specially In Watch repairing. Kvery watch warranted to give perfect satisfaction, dwfelto Remember tho Slue Store, Columbia. Bt., apposite Scoullar Bloek, N. W. Wanted-150 Men! TO WEAR THE NICEST AND BEST, DIRECT IMPORTED, English, Scotch and French Goods ever brought into tho City. Also, tho CHEAPEST TAILORING HOUSE in town. Wo have jnst roceived, por Str. "Umbria," from London, the largest stock ofPANMITGrS.il- the City. A call is sufficient to convince. Satisfaction guaranteed. BEGGS 6c HEARD Consignment of Adams & Son's (Ont.) Celebrated Wagons JUST ARRIVED. JUST RECEIVED -A LARGE STOOK OF- (Seamleas Cotton, Rubber Lined, and Mildew Proof; AU Sizes.) Hose Pipes, Lawn Mowers (I'lIlUDELWIl.. l'.V.TJ_lt.\\) Trimming Shears, Hedge Trimmers, Garden Tools OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. The Best. Made and Lowest Figures. Delivery, Express Wagons and Lorries. MAINLAND CARRIAGE WORKS, SUIiLET & BBYSON. M. A. McRAE, MERCHANT * TAILOR Summer Stock Just Armed Direct from England. Double the amount of Stock carried Ivy any other tailoring establishment in the city. Call and be convinced. Armstrong Blook, Columbia St., Kew Westminster, rt&wfcBto R. P. BELL, Jobbing Carpenter Shopi Columbia St., Next CONTBACTOB and BUILDER. C. P. Mills, Estimates Given on Work of any kind in connection ivith HOUSE BUILDING or REPAIRING, OFFICE FITTING, &e. t^Titlm supplied OITY or COUNTRY by day or hour any time. dwmylOtc H.T. READ & CO THE LEADING iot Merchants ol New Wi Contract and others erecting liouflc. should call on iih und examine our extensive Mock of Uiillders' Hardware, which Is excelled by no other house in the Province. We Carry the Largest Assortment of Locks in the City. To those requiring Paints and Oils wo beg to cull attention to onr extensive variety. Superior Coach Colors, In all shades. Tube Colors of evory description, Floor Pnlnts, ready or use. We have much pleasure in announcing that we have been appointed Sole Agents in this City for the salo of tho Celebrated Johnnon'H Magnetic Iron Paint, tho highest grade Fire Proof Paint In tbo world, Guaranteed Hi! por cent! pure oxide. MASONIC AND ODD FELLOWS' BLOCK, NEW WESTMINSTER, dwfclti; Reid 6c Currie, MACHINISTS, IBB Campbell&Anderson (SUCCESSORS TO JAJJES CUNNINGHAM) THE LEADING HARDWARE HOUSE, dwto JAMES D. RAE COLUMBIA STBEET, NEW WESTMINSTER, HAS JUST RECEIVED, EX SHIP "GLENBERVIE," a largo con signment of CROSSE & BLACKWELL'S GOODS.' TART FRUITS: Rhubarb and Gooseberries; FRUIT SYRUPS: Lemon, Raspberry, Strawberry and Pine Apple; Orange and Lemon Marmalade; TABLE JELLIES: Calves' Feet, Lemon, Madeira, Noyeau, Port Wine and Plain Calves' Feet; Malt, Whito Wine and Crystal Vinegar ; Raspberry and Black Currant Vinegar; PICKLES: Indian Mangoes, Capt. White's Oriental Pickles and West India Pickles ; Capers, Chntnoys, Curry Powder, Curry Paste, Mullygatawny Paste; SAUCES: Lobster, Shrimp, Harvey's, Cock's Reading, Burgess' Anchovies and Soyer's Sultana Sauco; Parisian Essence for coloring Soup, etc.; SOUPS: Julienne, Beef Tea, Chicken Broth, Kidney, Mock Turtle, Mullygatawny, Ox-Tail and Hare ; Essence of Beef, Phillipo & Can- aud's Sardines, Blackwall Whito Bait, Philippe & Canaud's Asparagus and Green Peas, Potted- Meats in tins and Wins, Mayonnaise Sauce, Princo of Wales Salad Sauco and Florence Cream, Olive Oil, Swiss Chocolate and Milk, and Coffee and Milk, Van Houtcn's Cocoa, etc. lllVf-lt. Boots and Shoes! ELEGANT NEW LINES .TUST OPENED Cheapest Spot in Town WEST ENDMT& SHOE STORE. tW Opposite D. Lyal & Co's. O. B. ACKERMAN. T. ACKERMAN. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. Bell-Irving, Patterson 6c Co. IMPORTERS Shipping Agents. WHOLESALE -AN])-- Commission Merchants In Stock, a full assortment of Liquors, Vitrified Drain Pipes, Firo Bricks, Encaustic Tiles, Cumberland Smithy Coal, &c., &c., &t\ Any Description of Goods Imported to Order, dwtello F. J. COULTHARD & CO. Notaries Public, REAL:-: ESTATE:-: BROKERS Insurance and Financial Agents. Cor. Clarkson and Mackenzie Streets, NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C. Telephone 107. _pwwe. P. O. Box 244. Mechanics Mill Co., Ld. Forging and Bolt Making. BRASS and IRON CASTINGS Estimates Furnished and Drawings Made in our office by a Practical Draughtsman. Skilled Mechanics and Latest Improved Machinery only used. AGENTS FOR JOHN DOTY—Stationary, Marine und Hoisting Engines. CHAS. SMITH—Duplex Steam Pumps; also, Centrifugal und Rotary Pumps. LONDON TOOL CO.—Manufacturers of all kiwis of Iron -making Tools. A. R. WILLTAMS—Manufacturers and Dealers in all kinds of Machinery. ALSO, AGENTS FOR All kinds of Saw Mill, Sash and Door Factory, Brickyard and Canning Machinery. FULL LINE IN STOCK OF Wagons, Wages, Buggies, Phaetons, Hacks and Carriage Material!. fj^Cataloguea and Prices furnished on application. A11 .work thoroughly guaranteed. dwteltc This Space is Reserved for the Royal City Planing Mills Company, The Pioneer and Lending Lumber Manufacturing Establishment of tbo Royal Oity. Richard Street, Now Westminstor. MANUFACl UM.RS AND OEAI.K11S IX SASH, DOOR BLINDS A LUMBER Store Fixtures and all kinds of Factory Work. FOOT OF PELHAM STREET, dm.llll. NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C. WINTEMUTE BROS. Leading Manufacturers and Importers of FURNITURE AND. UPHOLSTERY, ZED. S. HALL, BooksellerSTATIiERANDlmporter (WHOLESALE ANII RETAIL), Columbia Street, New Westminster, B. O. WOODS &' POLLEY, Real Estate Brokers COVEYANCERS & NOTARIES PUBLIC. . -H MONEY TO LOHNie Connections In Victoria and Vancouver, Bt I and Londnn, England, Gor, Colombia & McKenzie Sts., New Westminster. dmh2_t. English, Foreign and United States Periodicals and Newspapers constantly on hand, Bookn imported to order. (Uoltc NOW RUNNING 4 CHAIRS I (IO TO Geo. Mead's —for— Shaving 6c Halr-Cuttlng, Shampooing, Hot 6c Cold Baths* THK LEADING SALOON IN THE CITV. The larpest and bent assortment of Rmok- InrPipetlntbcClty. Sole agent for U. a for II.Tlbbi, Son A Co.'*MiBsour.Tateiit Com Cob PlpeHi which In the very best Corn Cob Pipe mad©. Rotail Pealcrs.-sond lo GIJO, MEAD for wholesale prices. dniySti! NEW WESTMINSTER Building Society '90 tho COURT HOUSE on SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 17, AT EIGHT O'CLOCK. l'liiU'O-U.—Drawing far the nineteenth appropriation. Mi'inhcr* In iirreani nro requested to pay ull dues ut Iho Secretary'* ofllce, Hank llnlliliiiir, Mary Street, before that dnte, so aB to lesson the Secretary's work on thnt evening. Now members wlll bo admitted to the drawing on payment of the entrance fee, fl, hnd four weeks' Mil. Fieri pt Ion, |2 nor shure. By order, WALTER J. WAI.KEH, Secretary. loth Muy, lew dmyiqt? REMOVAL NOTICE! Extensive Show Rooms J °"a . Columbia St., New Westminster, W.A. DA8HWOOD-JONES BKGS LEAVE TO INFORM HIS CUSTOM- era that he has removed to Douglas Street, second door tip Ihe hill from the Douglaa Street Bakery, .kpllyl City Bakery! LEADING BREAD AND CAKE ESTABLISHMENT IN THE CITY. FRESH ai^^ FANCY BREAD Pastry and Confectionery CONSTANTLY OX HAMl $5,000 STOCK JUST RECEIVED BY J. S. MansonJ MERCHANT TAILOR. Consisting of WEST OP ENGLAND DOESKINS, PINE ENGLISH) NAVY BLUE VENETIAN, and an endless variety of SCOTCH and, ENGLISH SUITINGS and FANCY TROUSERINGS, *c. 2nd Door West of Mckenzie St., ™ Colombia Stout, dnp7to New Westminster, B. C CHAS. McDONOUG Front Street, New Westminster. EXTRA FAMILY BLANKETS, g Flannels, Worsteds and all kinds of Woolen Good Beady-Made Clothing. pTho out: tly Home on the Mainland which keeps tho Miinnfu. tnmi of the Ni Westminster Woolen Mills, Patbonizk Home Indus.bv. Wedding Cakes a Specialty, All ordcra promptly uttoii_.il to. A Curt tn connection with the buslne.. City Bukory—Next Hook to l.n_ station. Te.-nio.kO.uI.I. ilto The Columbian Printing Establishment has first-class fnciliticl for all kinds of Commercial Printing. Bill Heads, Letter Heads, Circular^ noiwery Cards, Envelopes, Blank Forms of every description, Posters, Dodgers! Price LlstS| *»• Prices will be found as low as at any other office whoroj first-elan work is done. VOLUME VIII-No. 87. THE DAILY COLUMBIAN, XEW WESTMINSTER, B. 0., MAY 14, 1800. SOME UNKNOWN LANDS. I'ftlt Tracts That Aro Still ft Settled Book to Geographers. The surfaw of the earth comprises an area of 200,000,000 square miles, of whioh three-fourths Is oorowd with water. This leaves 50,000,000 of square miles of land for thu human ram to occupy, or about one square mile fm1 every thirty- five pei'sona, big and 11m,1p. It would se* 'n that fiimh an area would be enough to proven t. crowding, and so it would, says Golden Hays, if the demiity of population wero the same all over the world. Hut we find that the human race, cither from choice or accident, has always huddled itself imo certain parts of the world, leaving othor parts either entirely deserted or very sparsely populated, Home very good reasons sometimes exist for these irregularities, and at other times tho reasons are hard to find. Wo can easily understand why Greenland, for instance, or Patagonia should not bo densely settled, but it is not oasy to understand how the great continent of Australia-came to bo so long without inhabitants. It is curious to note the qnoor way in Which populations have shifted in the course of ages. Asia, as the cradle of the human race, first became thickly settled, and contains to-day two countries—China and Hindostan—where tho population Is extremely donso. But portions of Asia—such as Arabia and Persia—from all accounts must have lost half, if not more, of their population during the last thousand years. Great as the Shah of Persia fancies himself to ho, ho is hut a puny prince compared with the great Darius or Xerxes. Africa haB likewise suffered an enormous loss of population since anolent times. Wo have ample proof that tlie valley of tlie Nile once swarmed with life, nnd all through North Africa, now almost a desert, given up to wild beasts and wilder men, civilization once flourished to a remarkable extent. Europe was settled from the south, and tho vory small portion comprising Italy, Spain and the Islands of the Mediterranean Sea were populous for centuries, while that we know now as France, Germany, England, Austria and Russia were forests and deserts, quito us barbarous and uncultivated us the present interior of Afriou. These were the countries of antiquity, North and South America and Australia being unknown. Yet the two former wero densely populous in ages long ago. Tho valleys of tho Missouri, Ohio and Mississippi swarmed with peoplo on- gaged in business and agriculture; Mexico had a population much exceeding Its present ono; tho ruins of great cities in Central America attest its former greatnoss, and It is certain that Peru, under thelncaa, was tho seat of a mighty civilization. Australia, however, has always been a sparsoly-sottled country. Such huve beon the changes of timo that much of the world Is still an unknown land, and we are now busily on- gaged in discovering much that was known before. Uuropo has nothing to disclose, but a great part of Asia and nearly throe- fourths of Africa is still a sealed book to us moderns. The explorations of Stanley and those who preceded hiin aro moro spider tracks in tlie desert, and our best maps of Africa are half guesswork. In Asia, there is Thibet, Turkestan und the great desert of Sahara to be explored. We know almost nothing of Borneo, Papua or Madagascar, and ■ thousands of Islands in the Pacific Ocean are still unexplored, Ureat tracts of Australia have never been trodden hy the foot of'a white man, and nearly all of South America, Inside of tho coast lines, is known only hy hearsay und tradition. Coming up to our northern half of tbe continent we encounter more unknown lands. Central America and Mexico offer f ertllo fields for exploration, and T^ower California has'never boen thoroughly explored. In the far North is Greenland, Baffin Land, tho great Hudson Bay region, all of British America north of latitudo 00 degrees, nnd our groat Territory of Alaska. Here is a wonderful field for adventurous oxplorers, and it is impos* siblo to predict what is in store for them. The natives of Northern Alaska also roport that further north is another land, not down on tho maps—an inhabited land with a comparatively mild climate. Even in the new State of Washington there is an unknown land of 8,500 square miles. This land Is shut in by the Olympic mountains, and Indian traditions say that it is inhabited hy a very fierce tribe, which none of the coast tribes dared molest. Here, then, is half of our 60,000,000 square miles consisting of unknown lands! What a magnificent field for the men in search of health, wealth and knowledge! and what room it (fives for 1 future generations to travel and settlol I All of it Is not fertile; some is uninhabitable on account of severity of climate, but much of it is as fair as any land we [know and fully as capable of supporting 1 life. HE MASHED A HAT. | And the Sweet.Tomi.ort.il Young Woman Made Dim Pay for It. Along about the middle of the coach J was a young lady, not a beautiful girl, I hut just ordinary, although sho had u I vory jaunty hat and a sealskin sacque. I A young man, says the New York Sun, I got on at Castile, who stood at the door I and looked the passengers over for a I minute or two, and he then walked do- I Uheratety down tboalsloand plumped himself down beside the girl. As ho | did so there waB a crash and a crush, I and ho sprang up to discover that he j had sut down upon a band-box and j mashed It fiat. "I'm bo sorry—so sorry!" ho stum- [ mered, aB he turned ull sorts of colors, "Mister Man!" sho replied, as she inspected the ruin, "have you got twelve I dollars In cash about you?" "W-whatl I really hog your pardon. (indeed, I didn't—" "Fork over!" Bhe Interrupted, holding |out her hand. "Twelve dollars!" "Exactly. You have mashed a twelve- (Elollar bonnot, aud I want tho money." "But, Miss—but—" "My brother Bill is forward in the fcmoklug-car, and if you don't pay I'll Ball him! There's nothing cheap about Bill, He'll knock fifty dollars' worth of law off your chin before he gets through pith you." I'Tll pay, mlsB." '"That's business. Fifteen dollars, eh? waive from fifteen loaves threo, and Ire's tho change and tho hat. Noxt lie you go to kerplunk down beside *body look out for breakers." "I bog to apologize, mlBs," ho replied. *Oh, you needn't, you got off cheap. you hadn't smashed tho hat I'd have tiled twenty-five dollars worth of hair lit of your heodi anyhow." •Every body felt sorry for tho man. Ie got Into a seat at tho end of tbe oar, losi'd himself up like a jack-knife, and ■very.time the door opened what wo Mould see of him turned pale for fear lt |vas hor brother lllll, A Move In the Hlght Direction. It is said that Rider Haggard has ■turned vegetarian, and finds that he can [work longer and to better effect on a I meatless diet. One would think that, I when writing somo of his blood-curdling' [ tales, he subsisted on nn exclusive diet I of raw beof. Perhaps his stories will be I Ipss startling hereof ter,_ WARNING TO BENEDICTS. A Story with a Blond for Harried Mm or Convivial Habits.' A New York friend tells me a Btory, says the Pittsburgh Dispatch, that should convey a warning to married men who are in the habit ot telling fibs to their trusting spouses. One night last summer a certain New York physician, who had previously been the best of husbands, who had never been out at night except on professional duty, went to dine with some of "the boys," and became so interested, let us say, in the proceedings that it was nearly daybreak before he stared for home. A friend went with him They boarded a s.reot car, and no sooner had they seated themselves than the doctor began to worry about what he should say to his wife. He asked his friend to advise him, as he was a novice in the art of coining excuses; but though his friend responded with all sorts of suggestions, the doctor had discovered none to his taste by the time the oar reached his stroet. Tho pair entered the drug store on the oorner, whioh was one of those institutions which minister in various ways to the wants of tho nocturnal wayfarer. The drug clerk, who knew them both, saluted them with the excited query. "Do you know that the policeman on your block has been shot? He was brought in here, and they have taken him to the hospital. He can't live." After they had learned the particulars uf tho si..toting, which do not concern us, tho doctor and his friend left the store. "There's your excuse, doctor," said his friend, "Had to attend Smith, who's tho policeman on yoO Mock; boo?" Tho doctor saw. When ho readied home' ho told his wife u pathetio story of poor Smith's death,-ind his vain attempt to save the policeman's life, "lie died in my arms, my dear," ho concluded. The gentle wife believed'the story, and patted her husband on the back. Tho noxt evening tho doctor and lils wife wore sitting on the stoop, as tlie custom Is in New York of a warm, sum mor evening, when who should conn walking up the street but Smith, Up policeman. Tho doctor's face gpe'v crimson, his wife's white. There was ; tableau. You seo tlio trouble was that tin doctor's house was a corner one, ant. two police beau touched it, and tlio two policemen of course 'passed it. I'n- fortunately it was Policeman O'Brien who was shot; Policeman Smith enjoyed excellent health. The doctor nevor stays out late at night now. HE WAS FRIGHTENED. A Southern Soulier'.. First Experience with u Repenting ltlilo. An Atlanta veteran was talking tho othor day to a Constitution reporter about his first experience with a repeating rifle. "I was out on tho picket lino," he tells it, "and, a lot of Yankees kept shooting at us* from the shelter of a pine thicket. Finally wo made a break for tlio thicket, and then we had it. Every fellow would pick out his man, and thon load and shoot, taking advantage of tho belter of the trees. "My Yankee got the first shot, and missed me. As I was only seventy-five tu* one hundred yards away 1 thought 1 could reach him before ho could load ■.rain, so I made a dash for him. Ho ■ lipped out from his troe and almod, but I thought ho was just trying to bluff, so i didn't stvp till he pulled down uii mo, "'My Lord!' I thought, 'that's the first viflo I oversaw with two barrels!' I just halted, but thought surely his gun must be empty now, so I started for him again. Well, sir, he just stood re, and lung! hang! bang! like kin. Jumped — ■afiy- mighty quick, I can tell you. I hoard him just hollering behind tho troo. It tickled him mightily. 1 didn't know what to make of it. I put my cap out from behind the tree and he banged! hanged! down on it. It soared mo. I didn't know how long the thing would hold out. Presently, though, I satv him bending over. His head was protected, but his baok was showing. I took a good aim. The ball plunged through the fleshy part of tbe thigh, and as ho hollered I made for him. He had dropped his gun and started to run, but he stopped and went back with me. "I carried that old gun of his baok and it was a groat curiosity to our boys. They never did believe that it could shoot sixteen times, and I couldn't provo it because he had only one load loft and we couldn't get any ammunition to fit the gun. So we broke the gun to keop the Yankees from getting hold of it again," THE OLDEST ENGINEER. MONEY TO LOAN IN ANY AMOUNT, URGE OR SMALL, mi first mortgage, on farm lauds. ■ c WOODS, TURNER A GAMBLE ENGINEER WANTED. AX ENGINEER WANTED TO RUN THE Perry Boat, "Kile K." Mu8tJiold.ae.ertr CAPT. GRANT. dmylSta TO CONTRACTORS. Tuesday, the .JOtli Inst., fur I he erection of a two-story cottuge Fron ting Melbourne Street. Lowest or any tcndeniot ncoes. an ly accepted. n. \v. GRANT, dmyintd Architect. TO NEWSPAPER MEN. rpiIE VICTORIA DAILY STANDARD, WITH X Jobbing Plant, large stout, of Paper, everything complete, and lu good working order, ready to Ibhuo in twelve hours' timo—to he sold' on liberal terms to responsible parties. Price f-sfiDO. GABE8CHE, GREEN A CO., dinyilw.! Victoria, II. ('. F. CRAKE, Practical Watchmaker & Manufacturing Jeweler 4 DOORS WEST FROM POST OFFICE. Gold and Silver Watches, Chains, Diamond, Ruby Sapphire and Other Rings. Tho best quality of PLATED and TABLE WARE in all designs. A Fine Assortment of Clocks Speotaoles and Eye-Glasses to suit all Sights. Special attention to Watch Repairing. All kinds of Jewelery manufactured on the premises by first- class workmen. The Cheapest House In Town. dwffiltn A RARE CHANCE. THE UNDERSIGNED, GE'lTING UNABLE to work, offers for sale .Ills flue Dairy Farm of 186 acres; ion ...car, with good House, bearing Orchard; S3 MJIoli ('own; a lot of young Cattle and Horses, Wiigun, Mower, Unite, and everything with the place if desired, Terms vory easy and Immediate possession cun lie gi v- For further purtlculars dwmy.it c apply to 51. XU'lIOLSON, Matsqui. POR SALE CHEAP. _ One from the handsomest Jersey Cow iu the country, and which took 1st prize at 11. C. A. Fair lust Fall for best Jersey Cow, best milker, bent Cow of any kind; ami the Hull took 1st prize for best Jersey Hull Cul/. The other from a Cow that took 1st prize as best Jersey, 2 -cars old. Also—one Double-Seated Buggy, Wo, Neck Yoke, Cushions, ate,, all complete and in good order; nearly new. can be bought broken; Apply to cheap; also one Pony, well broken; good iu harness or saddle. Apply to dnpISto c. G. MAJOR. gentle; TO CONTRACTORS. STONE BASEMENT S TWO-STOBEY OWELLIHG. fronting Mary and Melbourne Streets, for Mr. C. G. Major. Lowest orany tender not necesinrily accepted. G. W, GRANT, WeBtminster, April 23,18H0. Architect. flapmui nigh School Entrance Examination, THK SEMI-ANNUAL EXAMINATION OF applicants for entrance to a High School will be held In the Central School Building, Xcw Wes.minster, commencing at 0 a. in., June 4th. Candidates must be punctual. S. D. POPE, siipi.nf Education. Education Ofllce, Victoria. May Hth, WHO. dmvlOtd Parliamentary Election, 1890 Wexiitihisjer Dis- To the Electors of New trie!: GENTLEMEN:-Having heen lequestcci by it large number of electors of ibis Hi-irict to of.br myself as a candidate to n-iueseiil you lu tho House of Commons, lo which request I have much pleasure in complying, I hog In slate that should you do mc the honor (■> elect me as vonr representative whilst giving tbe present Government my free and Independent support, I would do ray utmost to favor the following Hinongsl the many measures Unit I consider would be beneficial to the interests of this Province and the Dominion at large. To urge the further Improvements of the navigation of tiic Frasertmd other rivers, the protection of their banks, the Improvement of anv harbors In this District, uud lhe construction of canals where iiecessmv for the purpose of allowing farmers and others everv fuellltv to reach market. To encourage agriciilinrc bv protecting all sueh articles as cun be produced Iu this Province, and to lower duties on nil that cannot, and which Bre absolutely the necessaries of life, nndincrcasot.ietarl.rou luxuries so (hat the consumer would be even taxed less than tit present. u%MRIB Whit .Mfifito&'oT this District. To Increase and have adequate mail service to all portions of the Province ami free letter delivery lu cities. No diminution in (be Chinese Kcslrlcllou Act. Tu have the Fishing Regulations amended to oft •v-Dockeoi.5..__ able point on the Mainland to meet the growing Hotel Douglas. (ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN) Corner Columbia and Mackenzie Sts. A. J. TOLMIE, PROPRIETOR. New Fire-Proof Brick Building, with all the Latest Improvements. The table is supplied with the best the markot affords. RESTAURANT PRIVILEGES OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. FINS SH7WrPI-_e ROOMS. Private Dining Rooms for Ladies and Families. Convenient to nil Trains and Steamers. mh_7_tc QUEEN'S HOTEL New Westminster. r"TTS.S.~i H. C. W„___B, Proprietor. PRENTIS & UPPER, ACCOUNTANTS, Real Estate, Financial & Insurance Agents. Parties wishing to sell or purchase HOUSES, CITY and SUBUK- BAN LOTS, or FARMING LANDS, should give us a call. We guarantee satisfaction. PRENTIS & UPPER, d„p2_nil Foot of Douglas St., Opp. O.P.R. Depot. GIRL WANTED. rpt) WAIT ON TAIILl.. Address P. O. Hum 1 or this oillce. dmy«tc House for Sale Cheap. A on dim ply to ilniV'te STAININO l-UIHT IIOOMH, '.Trail a bargain foreash. Ap- Ml'llKAY A (lUKKl, (Vilumblu Street FOR SALE. V -III. daroitc AND STOOK RANCHES .OR Io tlie Electors of-the District of Hew Westminster, GENTLEMBN:- It having been reported that 1 have retired from the contest for the representation of your District in the House of Commons, 1 beg to give such statement the most uiiinii.ll.lfil contradiction. ...iMiUlUlwJiwfcJ .ti' ^Ki.A"'l,..h.iW«»,Mte votes, I conlldentlv expect to be returned as the member for New Westminster District. Till then, I solicit your support, and remain, liciiilciiien, vourobedient servant. \V. II. LADNER. MuyVth, 1SH0. dwinyHtc To have y-Dock constructed at some suit- Ail Aurora (III.) Mun Who Hm Ran an Eogino Tor Fifty-One Yean. I read an article a few weeks ago about Uust Preston, the first engineer who ran out of Chicago, and who is still on tho Ilookford special on tho Galena division, writos an Aurora (111.) correspondent of the Chlcugo Tribune. I oan toll you about tho oldest engineer probably in the United States. Ills name is Wiillam Mobloy, and ho lives In my town. He runs from Chicago to Geneva hake, Wis., on tho Chicago A Northwestern. Mr. Mobloy ilrst took ohargo of a locoinotivo noarly ttfty-one yours ago, und has been r.n engineer ever since. Ho Is said to have run the first engine on the ltaltimoro A Ohio road, which wus ono of the first railroads built In this country. In those days littlo basket cars wero used and walking-beam onglnos, and It took two hours to go twoivo miles on tho old-fashioned strap- truck. Ifby any inlshup the ours jumped olf the track Mr. Mobloy, who is still a stnlwart mun, would get off his englno und lift them on uguin. Uo has sinco run tho ^amo engine at tho rate of thirty miles an hour. Ho carried President William Henry Harrison's message from Washington to Baltimore In March, 1841, and often carried the President himself. During tho late war ho acted as engineer for the Federal Government. This veteran engineer Is near seventy years of age, but his figure is erect, he is halo and hearty, and his eyesight and hearing unimpaired. It Is related of him that recently some of the railway officials asked if ho was not a little too old for suoh service, expressing four that he would not bo able to get his trains through on time. By way of roply tho old ongineor invited thorn to ride with him, and the way he rushed them over the road made their hair stand on end and fully convinced them of his ability. O. II. Frlsble, of Aurora, another old ongineor, ran the first engine evor taken into Chicago by rati. He went out at tho time of the great Burlington strike and has been idle since. demands of this District. To urgo the exchange of Lauds in Peace River for the Lauds In the Railway Hell; And that Mining Machinery be admitted free of duty until such is manufactured in the Dominion, To appoint efficient Immigration accnts in all important localities. To urge the Dominion Government to con- tribute to make Roads and Bridges through Dominion lands. To urge immediate aid in uny measure to pre- vent the overflowing of Dominion lands in this Province and to reclaim iIiokc subject to inundation. Having been a resident of this District for over twenty venrs and knowing its re»iulr_iiieuls, 1 should w In n position to advocate your Interests, and also my having had the honor to be vour representative tor the last four years iu the Provincial Legislature would place me Iu a p sitiou ol knowing somotliltig of Lcglslutl routine. I hope to visit each nailing station during the 'iinvassand moro fully explain my views on the various topics of the day. which would be impossible to do in a short address. I have the honor to he, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, dwniyl-tc WM. II. LADNER Notice to Road Contractors. GEALED TENDERS WILL HE RECEIVED DY £* tlie underslgucd up to noon of TMirsday, tlie »8ml lnnt., for certain repairs oh the Vancouver-Richmond Trunk Road. Spec Mentions can be seen and forms for tender obtained at the Provincial Government Ofllce, New Westminster, and at the office of Chas. A. Coldwell, Registrar County Court. Vancouver, The lowest or any tender not necessarily ac- ■"
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