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[The Miner]
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QRAND FORK INER. TIIIItD YEAR. NO. 123 GRAND FORKS, B. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. COMMISSION IS IN HAVANA. Ai ■I.'iiii Commissioners Landed nnd Were Accorded Military Htm. ors—Formally rresenled to the Cantata General—OMcluls Vlalt A .Im I,-i,l Montcroln. Iliivuna, Sept. 12.—The United States transport Resolute, having on board thc American commissioners, arrived Siitnr- duy morning. The Spanish government oiiiclals went on board the transport to welcome the Americans. At 0:15 o'clock the Americun commissioners, accompanied by the Spanish officers representing Captain General lilnn- co, landed at La .Machina wharf, and arrived at the palace ut i):40, where the captain general's body guard presented arms. Captain Qeneral Blanco, in full uniform, received the commissioners in the reception room, where, after the formal presentation hud taken place und the ollicial courtesies had been extended, they nut down and conferred for about 2U minutes. The captain general addressed the commissioners in English. The United States commissioners left the puluce shortly after 10 o'clock, accompanied by Dr. Congosto and General Soluno. They were driven to the ila- chinu wharf, opposite the wreck of the Maine, where they took lunch before returning lo the resolute for dinner. Colonel Cloud and Captain Hart, accompanied by a Spanish ollicer, then paid a visit to Admirul Manterolu and to the captain of the port, after which they returned on board the Resolute. The general public crowded the wharf when the arrival of the Kesolute became known, but there was no demonstration. The lirst session of the commission will take place this morning at 8 o'clock at tho colonial government office. On Eriduy the entire archives were carted from the military governor's palace to the wharf, where they were delivered to lighters for shipment to thc Spanish mail .steamer Ciudad de Cadi/., that sails for Spain tomorrow. Preparations are being made for un early departure in every brunch of the govern niont. *** -WASHINGTON. The school board of Franklin county has made a levy of three mills for teachers' salaries and other school expenses. Mr. Dickson's crew of Northern Pacific surveyors has removed its camp from the ice cave, in the vicinity of Ives, to the mouth of the Methow. Daily mail stages now connect Chelan with Wcnntchce over the state wagon road up thc west bank of the Columbia river without the necessity of crossing and reevnssing the river at great expense nnd danger, ns formerly. Another small appropriation will put the road in first- class condition, nnd this will be usked of the next legislature. T. F. Sullcy of Olympia thc other day killed a large coyote at his ranch near Patterson lake, beyond Chambers' prairie, Mr. Salley wns gunning for grouse with a light muzzle loading shotgun when he espied the coyote. The first shot did not tnke effect, but the second brought down tho game, a kind that is very scarce in that country. A stockman who hns becn ovcr the rnngo on Smooth Iron prairie in Asotin county, reports that stock of all kinds arc in excellent shape. Wild animals, however, ure getting bothersome again, and in one plnce he counted three carcasses of young horses recently killed, evidently by bear or cougar. County Superintendent Hinehnrt of Clarke county hns completed his annual report to the state superintendent. Thc total receipts of his office for the year from nil sources amounted to $52,003.(12, nnd total disbursements $40,401.45, leaving a balance on hand June 30, $12,502.- 17, nnd a decrease of school indebtedness in tho county amounts to $10,140.70. The report shows 4200 children of school age in the county, 2323 males and 1883 females, of whom 3543, 1838 males nnd 1705 females nre enrolled in the schools. Governor Rogers received notice from the wnr department that the bill for subsistence furnished to the captains cf tho nntionnl guard prior to their muster into the United Stales service must be paid hy the slate, although these various items hnd heretofore becn charged against the federal government. The state will, however, lose nothing, ns the auditor of the wnr department promises that the state shall be reimbursed by the United States for this outlay hereafter. They amount to $1053.18, nnd the parties furnishing the same will therefore present their hills to the state in order to obtain their money for supplies furnished. The growth of the Spokane Fruit Fair has been remarkable. Tho fair whieh opens nt 2 o'clock October 4, with a grand harvest feBtivul parade, will be but the fifth. The first wus held in a little brick building and lasted four days. The paid admissions wore 14,304. "This first venture, and the second, were under tho auspices of the bureau of immigration and hnd Mnnnger Bolster at the head of them. The second fair lasted ten days and tho paid admissions leaped to 55,407. The third was under the management of Frank Smith and lasted 12 days, the paid admissions being 50,003. The first three fairs charged ten cents admission. The fourth, the one of laBt year, again came under the management of Herbert Bolster, and in the twelve dnys it continued the paid admissions reached a total of (10,800. Thc admission was 15 cents. Don't V.e Wine. Chicago, Sept. 12.—The nntionnl W. C. T. U. directed a letter to President McKinley today urging the prevention of the use of wine in christening the hnttlc- Bhip Illinois by Miss Loiter. Flre nt Omnltu. Omaha, Sept. 12.—Fire has destroyed the extensive printing house of the Reeso Printing Company. The loss is $85,000. This year's cranberry crop in Wisconsin is estimated at 18,000 barrels. NINE MEN ARE WELL KNOWN. Peoule Selected to Investigate Alger's War Conduct. Washington, Sept. 12.—In his selection of men to investigate the war department, it would have been difficult for the president to have selected nine men better known to the American people and yet equipped perfectly for the work they will be culled upon to perform. Lieutenant Colonel Schofleld wus General Miles' predecessor as commanding general of the United Stutes anny. His experience in the civil wur as a corps commander, eminently fits him to pass judgment upon the operations in thc Held just concluded. Generul Gordon hns hnd the same experience in the confederate army as General Sehoflcld on thc northern side, and in uddilion he has represented the state of Georgia for two terms in the United States congress. General Granville M. Dodge is well known as a man of large business interests in New York, bul even better known among soldiers whom he led to success in the civil war. He also commanded 'in army eorjis and has never lost his interest in military affairs since entering civil life. D. C. Oilman is one of the best known educators in tho United Stales, at present holding the honored position of president of Johns Hopkins university in Baltimore, Mil. He was selected by President Cleveland as a member of the commission nppointed to settle the Venezuelan boundary controversy. Charles F. Mitnderson of Nebraska was senator from that state for two terms, and nlso served with distinction in the war as a division commander. Ile is ut present in Washington. Hon. Robert T. Lincoln is, of course, so well known as to need no introduction to the public, nnd the same is almost equally true of Daniel Lnmont, secretary ot war under tho second Cleveland administration. Dr. W. W. Keenc is a citizen of Philadelphia, and enjoys the reputation of being one of the most scientific and ablest of physicians in that city. Colonel James A. Sexton is best known to the American people on account of his election on Friday to tho post of com- muniler in chief of the G. A. R. Gen. Gordnn Decline.. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 12.—General John B. Gordon has declined to serve on the commission requested by President McKinley to investigate the conduct of the Spanish-American war, giving as a reason his unstable health. Passenger Hate War Finds. San Francisco, Sept. 12.—The transcontinental passenger rate war which has been raging with much bitterness between the Canadian Pacific railroad on the one side and the northern lines on the other, for some months pnst, will come to a close on the 25th inst. T. 11. Goodman, general passenger agent of the Southern Pacilic Company, was advised today by Chairman Caldwell of thc Western Passenger Association that the interested lines had agreed to advance their rates on thut date. Forty-Eltt-lit Cent, fnr Club. Pendleton, Or., Sept. 12.—Saturday afternoon the first wheat sales for several weeks were made. A total of 00,000 bushels were bought at 48 cents for club wheat under the standard grade. Thc total crop of this county this year amounts to over 5,000,000 bushels, of which scarcely 100,000 bushels, is yet sold. It is the opinion here that if this price holds good a large amount of wheat will move from growers to buyers during tho week. SEVERAL LARGE SALES MADE. Work on Nine IHlle In Idulio—Altitude of IlutVnli, 11,,i.ii>—Snl... jt,-~ ported uf the Iron Musk, tbe Iron Horse and the Copper Wonder— Mining -totes. City uf Tents. Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 12—At New Westminster this morning there ire many peculiar scenes nfter the lire. On the wide open space just beyond whero tho fearful fire stopped a eity of tents has arisen. Here the provisional government nnd the Vancouver authorities have housed in tents lent by the militia department all the homeless sufferers. The property loss this morning is estimated at uliout $1,000,000. Acute Industrial Crisis. Kingston, Jnmaica, Sept. 12.—Advices received here from Antigua, the British West Indies, of the Leeward group, indicate there is an acute industrial crisis there, owing to the shutting down of tho sugar plantations, constraining the government to inaugurate relief workB in order to nvoid a threatened outbreak of riot and pillage among the idle nnd starving laboring people. The sum of $10,000 has been appropriated for tho immediate relief of the crisis. Falcon Island Is No More. Victoria, B. C, Sept. 12.—News comes from Suva by the steamer Miowcra that Falcon islnnd, recently situated midway between tho Tongatnbu and Haafai groups and immediately opposito the Nomuka group of islets, has disappeared beneath the waves in consequence of volcanic action. There were nbout 20 native fishermen on tho island who have doubtless perished. Gasoline Killed Five. Philadelphia, Sept. 12—Five persons uro known to have lost their lives as the result of a gasoline explosion which occurred lust night nt Fifteenth and South streets. It is believed that at lenst half a dozen bodies arc yet in the ruins. Nugget Like a Watermelon. Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 12.—Australian advices received here on the steamer Miowera say an immense sensation has been created all over Australia by the discovery near Lake Wyne of a gold nugget weighing 115 pounds avoirdupois and valued at $32,000. Jackson's Panic Is Ended. Jnekson, Miss., Sept. 12.—No new cases of yellow fever have developed. Thc pan- ie which struck this eity Saturday has subsided aud muny who fled have returned. Sick Soldiers Sail for Spain. Ifuvnnn, Sept. 12.—The Spanish steamer Ciudad de Cadiz left Saturday afternoon for Spain with 000 sick soldiers, two generals and their staffs. Superstition is so common in Paris that cards tastefully embellished and containing a list of "hours to be avoided" are extensively sold. There are 15 teams and 25 men employed ou the Northern i'ueilic'8 Nine Mile branch, near Wallace, Idaho, und lhe gup between the old grade and town will bu completed this week. That is practically all the work there is to do for four miles, the old grade requiring but little repairing to put it in shape to lay tics and rails. No announcement has been mude as to how fur the rails will be laid this year, ullhough there uro various rumors aliout regarding it. Among the men employed on tlie work the idea is prevalent that there is an understanding with W. A. Clark that he will work the Sunset and that the road will bo built to it as soon us possible. It is out of the question for it to go bo fur us thut this year, us it will require several miles of heavy grading. The Sunset claim is on the very summit of Sunset peak, and has the greatest surface showing of uny claim in the Coeur d'Alenes without question. Mr. Clurk has owned it for years, declining to either sell or lease the property, uithough there are plenty of men who would jump nt a chance to get to work it on any reasonable terms. Another report is thnt the track for the present will run only to the Bluck Cloud mill, and another that it will bc put through as far as the Granite mine, a mile and a half beyond the end of the old grade. Local officials profess to know nothing of tlio pluns of the company, and it is probable lhat they uro honest in their statements, The Iron Musk Sold. The Iron Musk in Rossland cump is soon to pass into Hie hands of the Blaoksloek-Uooderhuin syndicate, which lately acquired the Centre Star, and which has owned the War Eugle since it pussed from the hands of the original Spokane company. That a deal bus been pending for some time is well known. Thut it is nearlng the point of culmination ia usserted by those who are in a position to know the facts. lt is said that the price is to be at the rato of $500,000, or $1 per share, for the property. Some who are in close touch with the pnrties interested insist that thc price is even higher than this and give as a reason therefor that the ileal has been hanging fire for some time simply because the owners of the control of the property would not sell nt $1 per share, und that there is no reason to believe that they have weakened. However, it comes from un authentic source that the price is $1 per share. Nought tbe Iron Horse. The Iron Horse in Rossland camp has been purchased by George E. Plunder for tho Mackay syndicate, wbich owns the Virginia, Colonna and Monte Oris- to properties. The Iron Horse was owned by the Iron Horse Mining und Milling Company of Rossland. Harry Humphrey of Spokane wus one of the largest stockholders nnd he recently acquired the control of the property nnd made the deal for the sale of the control to Mr. Plunder. J. D. Farrell wus a large stockholder, Mr. Pfunder, who was in the eity last week, said that he had closed the deal for thc purchase of 883,000 shares of the stock of the company, the capitalization being $1,000,000. He declined to name the price pnid for the stock, but it is claimed that thc figure was 8 cents per share. Altitude of III.U..I., Hump The report that thc new quartz camp on old Buffalo Hump has an altitude of 12,000 feet is ridiculous, says tho Idaho Free Press. The figures given by the United States geological surveyors who wero through the country last summer place the altitude of the hump itself nt 8810 feet above sea level. This ia the elevation platted on the map of the Bitter Root forest reserve furnished by tho interior department for the use of Mr. Glindining, superintendent of the reserve. The entire country wns triangulated and platted with great accuracy, and the elevntions of all prominent peaks and stations nre given, making it the most serviceable innp of this section we havo ever seen. 11...iUl.I the Copper Wonder . The British America Corporation lust week purchased the Copper Wonder and two other sinull fractions lying to thc cast of the Great Western for $5000. Thero ure 13 acres in the three fractions. The vendors wero Kennedy Brothers & Purgold, who owned a third, Chester, of Spokane, a third, and Arthur Cowing and J. S. Rogers, one-sixth each. Cash for Centre Star. Thc sum of $2,000,000 for the purchase of the Centre Star mine in Rossland, B. C, was deposited with Cashier T. M. Hodgcns of the State Savings bank at Butte lust week. The purchaser is the Blackstock-Gc-odcrhnm syndicate of Toronto. The stockholders who sell out aro principally Butte peoplo. Paid for Government Timber. Tho clerk of the United Stales court has been advised by the department of the interior at Washington that a check has becn received there from the Lc Roi Mining & Smelting Company of Spoknne for $148.18 in settlement for 148,183 feet of timber cut by the coinpnny from government land near Northport. The settlement is a compromise. The I.e Rol Is Shipping Ore The Le Roi smelter at Northport is not in operation, having run out of ore during the time the company was restrained from shipping. Daily shipments of 300 tons are being received, and as soon ns enough oro can be roasted it is cx- !pec-ted that both blasts will be used and 'a full crew put to work again. This ! state of affairs is pleasing to the people here, who have been undergoing a long spell of the blues on account of the J closing down of the smelter as the result of the trouble between the B. A. C. and the Le Roi Company. On the Overland. Of the various parties which left Spokane and Ashcroft in llie spring for Dawson City on the overland route, sonic huve reached Teslin lake safely. The Glenora News has chronicled the arrival of several of these parties. As a rule Ihey huve nol been pleased wilh then- trip, owing lo the length of lime il look to travel across tin- long stretch nf country between Ashcroft uml thc Slick- cen river. However, no accidents are reported and if there was .suffering along the route from any other cause than inexperience it has not been chronicled. .Mixing Uriels. Tho Boston it Montana Company of Butte is earning $20 per share net per annum. The Alberta ledge iu Rossland camp is said to be widening iu the eust drill and shows two feet of good ore in the face. W. J. Harris has been appointed the provincial attorney for the Le Roi Mining &. Smelting Company vice W. K. Hull, deceased. Tbo Commander mine in Rossland camp bus been relieved of water to the 100-foot level and a drill is at work in four feet of ore at that point. R. E. Brown, the former Spokane newspaper mnn, now a mining inugnntc, is in Victoria and will go from there to England to spend the winter. A strike of black hornblende is reported in the Wliite Bear ut Rossland ut u depth of 233 feet. Its values ure said to range between $5 und $34 per ton. Application has been made for crown grunt for the Peoria properly in the Slo- •an district. Several good ledges nre said to have been exposed und considerable satisfactory work bus been done. The dally output of Leadville mines is 1500 tons with prospect of an increase to 1800 tons before October I. It wus learned at thc ollk-e of the -Miller Creek Mining Company that a carload of ore, the first shipped from the mine, will go to Kaslo next week. It is said that the sale of the Centre Star mine in Rossland to the Qooder- liam syndicate bids fair to bring ubout nn early settlement of the litigation involving the property with the Iron Musk udiojning. At the olliee of the Wonderful Group Mining Company yesterday returns were received for a shipment of galena washed from the surface of .'be claim in hydraulic operations. It yielded 137 ounces silver and 74 per cent lead. T. G. Blackstoek tells the Rossland Miner Unit his syndicate would not think of paying more than 50 cents por share for the Iron Mask. But then it is recalled that Mr. Blackstoek vigorously denied nil intention to take over the Centre Star ouly a day before Unit deal was closed. Good news continues to eome from the Waterloo strike in Camp -McKinney, B. C. lt is reported that the miners are sacking ore which literally sparkles with free gold. Mrs. Finnegan, who keeps the boarding house at Cariboo mine, is snid to be a large owner of the Waterloo and she is considered a wealthy woman since the strike wus iiiuile. The closing act in the life of the old Virginia Mining Coinpnny of Spoknne whicli recently sold the Virginia mine to a British Columbia company took place at tho Hotel Spokane, when the stockholders met and voted to disincorporate. It was a proxy meeting and George K. Pfunder held about all of the proxies. SAVAGES TAKE THE CAROLINES Wireless Telegraphy. London, Sept. 12.—The experiments in wireless telegraphy, whieh are being conducted nt Osborne, continue to attract the widest attention in scientific circles and ninny of the foremost scientists of Europe have conic to England to personally watch the tests. Until her departure lust week for Balmoral the queen took thc liveliest interest in the experiments, and it is stated that many messages passed between Osborne bouse niul the royul yacht having on board thc prince of Wales. Mr. Marconi, thc young inventor of the system, hud charge of tile tests. During a period nf 10 days a bulletin was sent each morning by wireless telegraphy giving the queen information concerning Ihe condition of the prince. Messages also passed freely between the duke und duchess of York. The yacht was anchored nt a distance of two miles from Osborne house, lho two positions not being in sight of one another, as they were intercepted by a hill. Messages were received on bnurd the yacht when under steam, one from the duke of Connnught, and the reply was successfully dispatched, no hitch occurring from the first to the last. Maine's Klectiun. Augusta, Me., Sept. 12.—Maine's regular biennial election for choice of a governor and oilier state officers is in progress today. The republicans expect that tlieir candidate, Llewellyn Powers, the present Incumbent, will be re-elected, but all estimates as to his probable majority arc more or less problematical. The democratic candidate for governor is Samuel L. Lord, the present mayor of Saeo. He was a republican until 187*2, when he followed Horace Greeley Into the. democratic party. Outside of his own cily he has heretofore taken little interest in politics. The prohibitionists and populists also havo candidates in thc field, but neither is expected lo poll more than a handful of voles. It I. Reported That the Natives Have Arisen Agulnst the Spanish Garrison und Captured the Islands fur Themselves. San Francisco, Sept. 12.- Private advices have been received to lhe effect that the Caroline group of islands, which this count ry contemplated seizing, hail llie win* with Spain been prolonged, are by this time iu the control of thc natives. Two native kings of the group, who hud long been at war with each other, some months ago declared a truce, combined their forces and begun wur against the Spanish authorities, who sent in vain to Guam for uid, after concentrating their forces at Poniipe, 'l'he Spaniards wero poorly supplied with ammunition and iu uo position to resist a prolonged attack. The supposition is that the place was captured uml the Spanish garrison wiped out. This would virtually mean lbs capture of the entile group uf islands. HAS ADOPTED THE PROTOCOL. MONTANA. There are (ill!) children of all ages iu the Red Lodge district, un increase over last year of 80. J. Anna Cline has been appointed postmistress at Wliite Sulphur Springs, vice G. W. Wnllwork, term expired. The Chalmers artesian well near Clio- teau is increasing its How steadily, says the iMoiilunian. It now* fills a 42-gallon barrel in 27 seconds. The new building ut Holy Family mis sion al Browning is nearlng completion. It will be a magnificent structure. Lumber wus issued to the Blackfoot Indiuns September 3. II. E. Renncr, who was principal of the Highwood school ut Great Falls lust year, bus accepted a similar position ut Cus- ctidc. .1. II. Conrad has donated land 70x120 feet, ou the corner of Franklin and Baker streets, at Foil Benton, to the M, E. church, where tlie foundation work of lhe new building is already begun. Advices from Dawson county report Unit Joseph Roach lias made scleral cut- tie purchases in that section. The prices paid are about $30 for stock cattle, $44 for 3-year-old steers, $30 for 2-year-olds and $20 for yearlings. The Clark's Fork ranchers at the mouth of Bcur creek near Red Lodge are rapidly gathering their grain. II is not often that a binder is kept moving day and night, bul John Kinuiek has one in constant operation, and the result is that grain cutting on the Voust and Williams Hut is proceeding apace. The crops were never better thun they ure this year, the aver age estimated yield per acre being 40 and 00 bushels respectively of wheat and oats. Lieuteni'iit Tiffany, the member of Roosevelt's Rough Riders, whose death from fever has jusi occurred in New York, siient some time in this country several years ago us a cowboy, and has some acquaintances in Great Falls yet. yVbout six years ago be was a guest of the Clark brothers ut tlieir ranch near Byiuini, being ordered west for his health. Those who knew hiin say that he wus inclined to be dudish, hut beneath it there wus a vast amount of pluck. In a lonely spot in Silver Bow canyon wus committed on Friday night one of the most atrocious murders in Uu- history of crime in Montana. Patrick Regan, a well known Butte miner, was the victim, and robbery wus the incentive. The unfortunate miner wus killed by having his brains beaten out with rocks und his body wns then thrown into Silver Bow ereek, where the body of lho murdered man wns found Saturday hy n section gang of the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific railroad. A coroner's jury which investigated Regan's death at Gregsnn Springs decided thut he was murdered. FUSION WAS ACCOMPLISHED. The Three Conventions at Ellens- burg Nominate a Ticket. Spanish Senate Agrees I., Terms -.1 the A mprfciuift. Madrid, Sept. 12.—The senate has adopted Uie llispmio-Ailli-l'ican protocol by a sitling and standing vote on Saturday. The position of the ministry has been greatly shaken by the charges made Friday against the government, collectively ami individually, by Senor Canalejas, editor of El Heraldo, and now a recognized lieutenant in the newly organized party headed by General Polavieja. ll is believed Unit Senor Canalejas has doeii niont to support his uecusations of incapacity against General Corroa, minis, (er of marine. A majority of the cabinet listened to this *• h, and the silem-e of the ministerial deputies was must significant. A minister, in reply lo ii question is to whether a ministerial crisis is imminent, suid it was idle lo attempt to conceal the fact that a crisis was inevitable, and would come next week nfter the chambers hud adopted the government's hill authorizing Die alienating of national territory us a condition of peace. Tlie queen, it is understood. Informed Sagasta yesterday that she would continue to bestow her confidence upon him for some days yet. Several prominent deputies ure in favor of joining General l'ol- avieju's party, IDAHO. Heavy forest fires have been raging in Custer counly and have done a great amount of damage. It is said most ol them were caused by the Indians, who are quite numerous "in the mountains hunting deer. hi the laud contest case of Law vs. Weil, involving 80 ncres adjoining Sand, point, which has been pending lor nearly four yeui-s before the land department, a decision has been rendered by the secretary of the interior, reversing all previous decisions and ruling in favor of the contestant. From now on the prune industry must assume greater proportions year by year, as there are within u radius of seven miles from Kendrick 2000 acres of prunes. Noxt week will find a number engaged ill packing prunes for eastern orders, aud by the 20th inst., the drying season will commence. Thousands of sheep are ranging in the vicinity of Bear creek und Pollock mouii- tuili iu Wushington county this season, and the sheep men report thai bear seem Lo be mure numerous than usual, several lambs having been stolen from the various Hocks. Parties coming from the Xez Perce reservation report un excellent crop being harvested in (lull section, and that .'ill are hopeful and buoyant ovor the ideal weather, which is exceeding^* favorable to luirvesting. The crop is taken us itrongly indicative of the possibilities of that section when once lhe hind is more generally tilled and developed. The annual session of the Idaho State Medical society closed ut Moscow with a banquet to the visitors. The principal business of the dny wus the selection of Lewiston us the place for holding the next meeting and the election of the following ollicers: President, Dr. C. W. Shall', Lewiston' vice president, Dr. Guy- son, Montpelier, and Dr. Kd E. Muxey of Caldwell was continued as secretary und treasurer. It is definitely announced Uml Uie work of construction on the Snuke river bridge at Lewiston will begin October 1. The specifications cull for u bridge 1085 feet long, 50 feet nbove high wuter niiiik over the navigable channel. This channel will Iki crossed by a cantilever spun 374 feet in (he clour. There will be 12 s*>uns. The estimated cost of the bridge is $80,- 000. The site of the bridge is on Snake River avenue, 200 feet north of Main street. Cyrus E. Bubb of the hydrographic division of the United Stales geological survey, stales that a measurement of the Boise river on August 3 showed a How of 870 cubic feet per second. On August 24 thc How wus 008 feet. In ordinary years the river at extreme low water has (lowed from S.'iO to 000 cubic feet per second. The various canals taken from the stream huve a total capacity of 1000 feet per second. It is therefore possible, in the event of tlieir being kept running full, lo divert practically all of the water. JEROME, ARIZONA, DESTROYED Ellensburg. Wash., Sept. 12.—The ticket nominated on Saturday by lhe lliree conventions, democrat ie, populist und silver republican, is us follows: For congressmen ut large James Hamilton Lewis, democrat, of Seuttle. William C. Jones, silver republican, of Spoknne. For supreme court judges -Benjamin F. Houston, populist, of Tacoma. Mc* [vin M. Godniun, democrat, of Dayton. Fusion bus been effected nnd What the State lenders declare is the strongest tiekel ever put forwnrd in the stute has been nominated. On thc ticket chosen each of the three huge centers of popu- latioii is represented and in addition the agricultural counties have been given recognition in the selection of Judge M. M. Godman of Columbia counly, us one of the supreme court judges. Joe Wheeler's Dead Son. WikolT, Sept. 8.—The bodies of Naval Cadet T. 11. Wheeler, son of General Joseph Wheeler, and of Second Lieutenant Newton 1). Kirkpnlriek of the First ! United Stales cavalry, who were drowned yesterday while bathing, were recovered this morning. General Shatter left for Washington this morning. A Recruit Sentenced. Sun Francisco, Sept 12.—A series if field orders have becn received from Washington by General Miles and the disposition of (he expeditionary forces now at the Presidio is still uncertain, General Miller bus approved the sen- tenco of the court-martial in the case of Private A. W. Scruggs of thc First Ten- nessee, who pleaded guilty to an assault and battery on Dan Thomas, n negro, while the latter was under the charge ol u military guard and ou the Presidio reservation, 'l'he sentence is confinement at hard labor for throe months, dishonor- uble discharge from lhe army and forfeiture of pay, The place of imprisonment will be Alcatraz. The Famous Mining I',,,,,, |, wiped Out by tbe Flumes—The Losses Amount tu n Million Dollars— Eleven Lives Known to He Lout. Presentt, Ariz., Sept. II. The town ol Jerome was completely wiped out this morning by lire, entailing a loss of over .■fl.miil.llllll iii property. Eleven bodies have so fur been recovered, while a score or more are suid lo he in the ruins or missing, The lire originated Irom a gasoline sl.ne in ;i cabin and spread so rapidly and fiercely thut it was impossible lo save even clothing. The lire was con- lined exclusively to the business portion of the town uml the open ground intervening between it uud the mammoth works of the L'nited Verde Company saved the hitter's plant, otherwise the loss und Buffering would huve been terrible. Many people from Jerome ure arriving here on special trains, while those remaining are being carded I'm by the company. Where the fire originated was the sceno of a drunken carousal last night, and while no demonstrations are being made against the men who are responsible for il when the horrors of the di-ed wear away from the victims, attention will be given to the men who ure accused. They are said to be Italians. ALGER MAKES A STATEMENT Sh.vn lit- loin'ls (he Fu.lPftt IilYPHTti- fflttlon of Conduct of (he Wnr. Detroit, Mich,, Sept. 10. — Secretary Alger arrived tbia morning. Hcing asked tu make a statement for publication relative to the charges against his administration of the war department, tlie secretary replied: "Now, what do you want me to do? Ciet down in tlie sewer with the sensational people? They are not worrying inc. There is nothing to the charges excepting somebody's desire to make political capital. "The work the department ha*- had to do in so short a lime has been a very great task, 'l'he commissary and quartermaster's departments have had the dis* tribution of more than 900 tons of provisions, rations and forage daily. 1'art of this has involved transportation more than half way round the world, It ia not surprising that some few slips have been made. *'l have asked the president to appoint the strongest commission possible to eon- duet an investigation into tho conduct of the war. It will be made up of some of the ablest army officers and iU work will he of (he greatest importance aa applied to the past and as afl'eeting the future. Its greatest value will be in perfecting the entire organization of the army and applying thc lessons of the past." NEW WESTMINSTER BURNED, The lliiNlness I'flil Destroyed, Will, T,vo and a Half Millions Loss. Vancouver, II. ('., Sept. 11.—The bus- incss portion of New Westminster was totally destroyed by tire this morning. lt is impossible to estimate the propeity loss at this writing but it will run into the hundreds of thousands. Despair und Buffering nre the lot of hundreds of homeless people. Food, clothing and aid of all kinds is being hurriedly dispatched from Vancouver to the ill-fated "royul" cily. It is not known how many people lost, (heir lives, hut it. is feared several have been burned to death. Campbell, a fireman, fell off the roof of a burning building and was killed. A woman dropped dead froni fright, fine woman, who hud becn confined (wo weeks ngo, died while (hey were moving her from a binning house, while another Buffering from typhoid fever, who bad been twice removed from residences which were in the burning zone, did not survive ihe shock. So extremely tierce were the (lames that apples on the trees on the side of the street opiiosilc the burning houses wero roasted. Three river steamers were destroyed— the Edgar, Gladys and Bonaccord. Every industry save the big Royal City planing mills and t'leve Canning Company has been wiped out. The Canadian Pacific railroad station and bridge ncross Eraser river were burned. The lire sliirted about midnight on tho river front nnd wus caused by a spark from a steamer. The oldest university in the world is El Ayhar, at Cairo. It is the greatest Mohammedan university, having dear records dating back nearly a thousand years. hik Contracts Let. Washington, Sept. 12.—Thc contract for supplying tho navy w'ith smokeless powder has been awarded to (he California Powder Company nnd lhe Dupont Powder Company, ench lo supply half a million pounds. The price is 8(1 cents per pound, the government to furnish lhe nl- eohol necessary for its production. The report of the commissioner of pensions shows Hint during thc post fiscal 'year more money hns been paid out in pensions than during either the Urst or second terms of President Grant's ad- ministration, No One tu Illume. Colorado Springs, Sept. 8. —The five men arrested yesterday nfter thc fight between armed bodies of men representing tho two factions of the silver republican party for possession of the opera house hnve been released by order of the district attorney, there being no evidence to show that any one of them fired tbe Bhot which killed Charles E. Harris of Denver. Roosevelt So* Averse. Xew* York, Sept. 12.—Colonel Theodore Roosevelt hns authorized the announcement (hat lie will accept the nomination for governor of New York should it lie tendered to bim by (he convention of (he party to be held nt Saratoga. Jurist nnd Author Demi. Ann Arbor, 'Mich., Sept. 12- Judge Thomas M. Cooley, the noted jurist and constitutional lawyer, died today. A Lively Election. New Orleans, Sept. 12. -The steamer Olympia, which bus arrived here from Porto Cortes, brings news of serious rioting in Guatemala, during the recent elections, in which it is said **IHI were killed ami Mounded. The slory of the rioting was brought from Porto llurio-s to Porto Cortes bv a trading strainer, whose cap- tain says' the facts were kept oil the wires bv the government censors. 'Although Prosperu Morales had died after his capture hy lhe government forces, his followers were Ill-content to submit to the election of President Estrada, and uithough in no shape to mako a strong fight in the balloting, gathered in forces at the polls and considerable disorder followed heated personal disputes. Troops hnd been posted neur nil the polls and when disorders become extensive, the order to fire wns given. Details arc lacking, but according to the steamer captain .150 were killed or fatally wounded. Poker has lieen forbidden in Vienna on tho ground Hint it is a game of chance. Span ish Prisoners shot. Portsmouth, N. H., Sept 12.—Colonel B. S. Dudley of the United States army is here making nn investigation of the shooting of Spanish prisoners on board the Auxiliary cruiser liarvanl, which occurred just Wore lhat vessel left Culm for Seavey's island. The shooting wns the outcome of a dispute between a number of prisoners und several privates of the Ninth Massachusetts regiment. No particular form of religion receives ofiiciul recognition in Japan, -^■siw^w-^- B MINKi: jfcjjJ4lRP uiy&lUiraSp} ln$, lnafWiosuy -iil.lr.-sh in Cantos or thi United Slates for one \ear i.i: ty*-$IPt ol two *lnlliini. -tlngl ■ >* pi 0 cents. COKTB '.< "I* .iHVI-*'!TI: '■'-•'■. KJS 'a ■'-itetlottlie i r.ileuf *y iier'.-'l*:!!!! iu.h'l.er iimiilll. '.ltAXsti-NT aiivCuTIskmksts Inserted nl the rate o( 19 ceuts per nonpareil line llrtl insertion. Ailvcrlis.-liii-ills tunning [or n shorter |ierlod than three months orc't-faised transient. ■.'ol'.KI'sl'nSllKNI V. from every purl ol tho Yule District ftndeommiitjlcaliiyu-upon live topic! nlwuys a.eei.;ai.,e. Send ie yu.lr news while it In n.-.'. and wu will do tho rest, joii I'tttNTisu (urnedout In BrsUclSH »W« at lho shortest nniiec. Aihlreli f. II. McCABTEB* SONS. i-.iuM. l*oiiK>. B. (■■ j ile Kill abroit a mile jiortheast of the ] brewery. County Court Notice. The fitting of (lie County Court of Yulo will be lii.lileu ut I898. ill the hour ol 11 o'clock in U.e Itirenoon By Coiiiiniuiiii.l r. A. It. l.AMiii.Y Ooveranientoaice, Osoyoos,I D. B, 0. ('• Sept. 1st, lsas. 1 NOTICE. F. II. UcCabtsb. i-k "1;. Ram, Mi rvnTKii •FRANKII Mcl'AKTKK, Jli.. .Illisilll:- , Mnuneer. ..:.Editor. .Secretary. o. o. r. No. 37- EVE Carson Lodjs<; ,;ta.t MEETS EVERY SATURDAY A^C^A. liinK lit" o'clock In llieil hull nt "r ,..us 11 ('. A conihil Invito. 11. n -.-'- in*k*-j tfljll sojourning brethren WJf. M. CLARK, Ji.G. 11. u.Oaam.f r rotary SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17. 18 |S»««S»«a«*t**«»**.SSS4f »S-«| j Qvn Crowded. ~ «i A short time ago as a representative of ,'*% the W Minek spent a very pleasant .... . - b • . - , v . *J<S&*0$f 1 af^ftw visiting the public school and * i feel satijfi d that un<}yr the manage- Mr. J. E. Mills was among'the visitors' entof Mr jimes A Mc In tyre the from Rossland this week. | school children ore in very efficient I John Smith of Rossland was in the j bands. We were informed by him that! ciiy this week looking over the future : l_ie school room was very much over of tbe town. j crowded aucl the children hive not su I- j Mrvlew, liuirsday Mrs. Preslar is building a two room ! ticicnt elbow room, and in order to Rehouse on the rear end of her business ' commodate ibe large attendance an- lot on Riverside avenue. | other rcom will have to be secured for j Mr. Harrison and E. E. Blencha'd, prjmary grades and another teacher em- cm'the U. C. mine in Suram t camp was P-Oyed for the work. in the city Wednesday transacting busi- [ Mr. Mclntyre stated that he had been ness j jpacbing five yetrs in th; viciniy ol , ',. „ . . i London, Ontario, in wliich city tie htd I H. H. llro.cn is erepting a house pn ; £ j ^ ^ and ce,tificate |n I (bc pre-emption that he has take,, up op j ^ ^^ CoUeRiate In5lp.utlon. H= ' bas the most r.dvaiced methods of ' teaching and while quite strict in hii Mr. V. D. McPhee of SpoUnp passed ; ru]e^ ye( nosses5es such f. rmn-ss tern* ; thiough town Wedne.oday on his way to , pered w.th kjndneS5 and iJB,*ce that j Republic wbere he is largely interested | (h(, chilrlrun obey nat,,„iiy ini respect- in mining. Chn.rley Emmert returned from the Palouse country last week where he has been for tbe past two months working in the haryest fjeitj. Mr. W. II. Is'.eele, a mining man who is interested in a number of valuable October, 13th, HklHU.'Ug COURT NOTICE,. A sitting ol the County Court of Yale will be holden at Grand Forks on Friday, 7th Day of October, 1898. at 11 o'clock in the lorenoon, By command B. R. almond, Government nllice, Grand'Pork., | 'U.K. C. C. B.C., Augustig,lags I ' N SHOULD DIE WITH THE SEASON. Grand Korks has several different lay- Mans which, mots from selfish uud personal motives than anything else, antagonize eveiv public question advanced by anyone but themselves. This is ■npt as it should ue. Instead of allowing their personal grievances to be brought into public affairs, every ciiizen of the town should pull tqgetlrer on properties in White's camp spent a day or two in town this week. Tommy Hibbard, of the Delmonico restaurant, has just completed a neat residence on First street, nearly in thc rear of bis place ol business. Tbe C-yo little p^ilflrpn pf Mr. gherr- iugliatn, who resides about two and one ball miles up the Nor h Fork on a preemption, are down wilh the fever. The many biends of Peter Hannan, every proposition v.nhin bounds, that tbe contractor, will be pleased to learn 8 about again after a v/itb nn attack of wiil IciiU to advance thc growth and ■prosperity of the city regardless from Chat source it may eminato. That the present condition of atfuirs has worked lirfgej]* to our detrimen', tbe leaders ol •die diCfei^rit cpquw, d* not even deny. If we are to build a large and prosperous town bere, these petty differences ,-ind lucal jealousies must bfi laid aside. . It is impossible lo laiily apportion the blame tor the existing condition of affairs, but it is right to express the hope that all parties to fte c..ntro;*ersy will develop a sufficiency of good sense *.'*.*1 'gopd spirit to let the trouble end wi-.b fancFj&f revive it next season. THE PLEBISCITE QUESTION, or, the 20th inst tbe vote on the ab- ottactquestion of prcuibition »ill take place. Hon. R. W. Scott, secretary of state, is hard at work prepaiing the voter's list for this election. There seems to be considerable misapprehension as to the lists available for use. ■v.|j persons upon tbo provincial lists 60 Says preceding the taking of the plebiscite, which in this case will be August ist. will be entitled io the ballot. it is not surprising that prohibitionists should eagerly debate the subject and advocates of it are busily canvasssing every district in the province and using every effort possible to secure a majority. Prohibitions did not ask for the •yjiibi-j'cile, What they sought was a law. It was thrown at them by politicians as a means of diverting them. ■But it has another effect. It chullengs }}iem. Tberofore advocates of the principle are 1-irccii in seL'-dejence to labor with a very considerable degree oKid for the success of their proposition, The attempt tbat is being made in ceitain quarters to saddle the ommis- ;i-n of a clause, requiring the contractor to put at least eighteen inches of gravel on the surface of the street in filling up •tb? sloughs, from the contract between the city and Contractor Cumings, onto the city solicitor is weak and silly. The responsibility for lhe blunder rests wilh thc chairman of the board of public works, who it is naturally supposed should bc sufficient acquainted wifb the details of the ',vork to be performed to MVe'the proper instruction to the city solicitor as to the provisions of tbe contract. The mere statement that the bliA-gtis are to be filled with earth 311*) gravel to the satistaction of thc board of public works does not signify anything, tl looks us if, in their anxiety to have a clause in the contract whereby a little briet authority might be vested in tbe lioarJ of public works, everything else was overlooked, Thk attempt of Alderman O'Connor, who claims to be tbe board of public works, to stop Mr. Spraggett from fill ing an order for lumber given him by V-hiet kills, oi tne fi.e department, to be used in tbe construction of be bell tower, is an evidence of bow 11 little official authority effocts some pco P*' ■__ • .'.LiiERMAN O'Connek, as a member of "the board of public works, bas fully demonstrated bis li:ck of ability to transact public business lie is not broad minded enough to make a gocd public servant. It ip beginning to dawn on the citizens of (Jrand Forks that all the satis- i.ctory results of the present council are due to the mercy of heaven, and not to tbe smartness pf a majority of its members. Ip the members of the city council would carefully read Robert's rules ol order, much valuable time would be saved in tbe transaction of city business. A one hundt cd dollar gralt would have been alright if the bills had not been marked. Then, again they say walls have eyes. A word to thc wise is suffi. cent. During tbe past fow days there has been a general demand for buildings for business purposes and every avail* able building is now rented. The establishment of four railway camps between Cascade City and Grand that he is able to b two vyeek's tussel fever, Uuncap Mcintosh of the Winnipeg mine in Wellington camp was in tbe city Thursday and reports work progressing favorably on that promising properly. W. F. Smith, one of the pioneer mining men of thc district with headquarters at Greenwood, was in the city Wednesday on his way borne from a business trip tn Spokane. Jerry bpeliman, a prominent saloon man of Rossland passed through town this week pf) bis way home from Republic, Wash., where he had been looking after his interests there. Church services to-morrow will be: Presbyterian—Victoria ball, II a. m., church, **;3J p. m. Methodit-t—church at 11 a. m *, Victoria hall, 7:30 p. m., subject, "The Plebiscite vote," voters specially welcome, Mr. II. ll. Broteu left Tuesday for Camp McKinney, where be went to put in a foundation for some new machinery tbat is being installed in that locality. Ue expects tn be absent about two weeks. The board of public works moved the sidewalk ihis wee|c on the west side ol R ivers.de avenue so that the outside of walk is in a straight line. This makes a great improvement in the looks of tbat side of tbo avenue. Mr. E. E. Stone is making arrangements to do a general plumbing business and any person contemplating putting in water in their buildings will do wy|l to interview him before letting a contra,.1 for tbe work, The ladies of the Methodist church contomplate giving a social, in Victoria hall, next Friday evening for the benefit of the church. A small admission fee will be chained and ice cream, c?ke and coffee wil) be served.' Mr. E. L. Beer and J. Dunlopp, of Rossland, have been spending several days in tbe city looking over the field with a view of engaging in business. Mr. Beer until recently has been in the emplay of the Bank of Montreal, at Vancouver, as an accountant, Mr. James Kerr, secretary and treasurer of the Kettle River Dressed Beef and provision company was in the city Wednesday looking after the interests of that company in Grand Forks. Alter finishing his business bere he proceeded to Cascade City, where the company has opened a branch, Ed. inbody, the popular proprietor of the Cosmos hotel, has had the paper- hangers and painters at work Ihis week renovating and beautifying the office and bar room ol that establishment, Ed. seems to think that Grand Fork's is on the eve of an area of prosperity and proposes to be in the swim when it gets here, Thc fire bell has arrived and Chief Mills is constructing a bell tower adjoining tbe lire station in which to bang it. A rack on which to dry hose is also to be built in connection witb the tower. This will add much to the appearance of lhe building when finished, besides being a great convenience to the department in drying their hose. Mr. Arthur Marshall, John Spratt and George Atchison left Wednesday for Pass creok where they went to do the assessment work on a group of claims tbey own in Ibat locality. The group consists ot three claims and the work is to be done 011 two of the claims, the Irondale and Good Luck, on whicb there is a very good showing. The work contemplated is in the chape of a tunnel. Mr. Henderson, proprietor of the Le- Roy brewery at Rosslaod, was in the city Thursday the guest of Chas. Van Ness and George Fraser. Thig is Mr. Henderson's first visit to the metropolis of the Boundary country, he expressed himself more tban pleased with its future prospects and says that with its natural advantages he can see no reason why it should not mako a large and prosperous city. He came over the Dewdney trail and left for \iqme early yesterday morning. fully as if lully real z'ng thj necessity of it, preserving excellent order and study ing as if to make up for lost lime. The average attendance for August was 54. We trust the parei.ls and friends'of the children will often visit the school, as it encourages both tie pupils and teacher and stimulates them to put forth their ba*. efforts. Shows Thrift and Industry. Last Sunday afternoon lhe manager of the Miner iiccompained bv his wife and daughter paid a visit 10 the borne of Mr. N. Mardon, who rrsiJ *s on Mr. Spraggett's firm a j .ining .Carson. Mr. Maidon is the proprieior of the B C. Dairy. At present he is milking twenty cows from wbich he is receiving about Ihirty gallons of milk daily. In connection with his dairy Mr. Mardon has a every fine vetegable garden consisting of about fifteen acre*;. Tbis year be fully demonstrated the fact tbat every variety of vegetables, including wate; and musk meltons can successfully be raised in the valley. The growing of mellons was an experiment wuh him ihis season and he is so well pleased witb his success lhat in the future he will give it more attention. Commencing Young. Little Tom O'Connor, a lad between six and geven ye^rs of age wbo resides witb his grandmother in thi*; city, was arrested last Monday by Officer Dinsmore, on a warrant sworn out by Mr. Fred Wollaston, on a charge of stealing some jewelry from his room. At first the lad stoutly denied having takyn the missing articles, but after being locked up for about an hour he confessed and took the officer to an old, log in ihe neighborhood of the recorder's office where be bad hidden his plunder, On account of bis age and not fully realizing the consequences of what he had done he was turned loose, after having received a severe reprimand from tbe officers. Tfje Criterion Is the name of a new hotel to be opened about tbe first of next month by Messrs. Dawson & WUitlock, who have leased the new blocii just completed Dy W. I!. Davey on Riverside avenue. Everything in the house will be new and up to date, Tbe building will be lighted wilh electric lights from top to bottom and supplied with city w-jtor throughout. The cafe and lunch counter will be uuder tbo direct supervision of Mr. Whitlock, who has had a wide anil varied experience in that line. Tbe bar, which will be one of tbe finest in the cily, will be supplied with the choicest brands of liquors and ciga's. Tpc Criteiion will be conducted on the European plan. 1TICE 18 HEBEBY GIVEN THAT AN AF- p'.ienlliiii ft ill lie made to the Parliament ol Canada at the next session thereof, lor nu oet to Incorporate a Compiiny 10 construct and njiiiiitiiiiia railway from u j..,iut ou tlie International lioundary Line ul or near Cascade I'ilv IlrKlsh Columbia, thence tn a westerly dt- rootlon following tha valley of (lie Ketlle river tuo point on the snid Boundary Line, ol or nenr Carson, also from another point on the snid Boundary *I.ine at or near Midway, thence northerly,' following the valley of Iloundury c'rcelt to tt point about twenty (201 miles north of Midway, with power to construct, and maintain brunch linos Olid ot the said IJiniiidni'y Line to connect with and to operate the whole in oon- junction witli the Railway Line01 the Spokane I'nlls nn.l Northern Railway Company, with power to the company to construct, operate ond iniilntiiiii telegraph und telephone lines, as well (or coiiuaerel 1 purposes os thy business of the railway, anil (or all other necessary and usual powers. Haled the ISth day ol Julv. A. D , 1S!«. Rol,*wtI.I,'.V ill'pl*. Solicitors Ior the Applicants. Administrator Notice. IIIN NOTK ordi llsh WASHINGTON H. II1CKERSON, DECEASED. CERTIFICATES OF IMPROVEMENT. ]'av 6i';i-;JFnAc'iH).\Ai> .minkkal claim, 0TJCE 18 HKRHUYvilVENTIIAT BY AN order made In the Supreme Court of Bri- h Columbia .luted the iWUl day of July, 1H9S, (he iiiHU'rhlt'iied wan ai-jmintt'il nihninls- trutor uf the poods, chattel!, and credit! of the above named Wnshinnion H. Hickerson, deceased. All i>erp.)iis having clalma against tho estate of Kuid deceased are retjuoHied to Hend iu same duly verified, to the undersigned, ou or before the 1st duy of September, 1KUS: and all persons indebted to the said estate are requested to remit ihe amount of hi ch indebtedness to the undensiyed forthwith. Fi'.edeuick J. Fulton. Official Administrator for the Couuty Court District of Yule. Dated this 28th day of July, 181(8, ffamlnons, B. C. [auy-ti-28 Frank Sears, Real Eslate nnd Mining Broker Forks would indicate-that the work of Kent! and other collections prpmptly attended ■rcrjstructicr. has eomcrienned in earnest-! tp. omce, with H. A, Sheads, assay Take I pent ■ ■,,..,*( Situate in tbe (inn-d Folks Mining Division of Yale Distrlot, Whero located:— la Brown1! Camp adjoining the Pathfinder Mineral Claim, NOTICE that I, Smith C.urtls as ng- for Bunnell Sawyer Free Miner1!- Certificate N0.I88WA, Anthony J. McMillan Free Miner's Certitieate No. 8282A, A. William Hart-MoHarg Free Miner's Certificate No. Kt'BKA and Smith Curl Is Free Miner's Certificate No. W28A, intend, Sixty days from lhe date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of improvements, for the •mriV'So ul pbtajnihg a Crown Grant of the above Malm. And further lake notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the is* suunce of such Certificate of improvements, Dated this 12th day of September, 1896. [«17-N0Vl2] SMITH CURTIS. R.B. STANLEY SMITH, M.D. CM.. (McQIll Univ.) PHYSIiHAN.SUHOl'.ONANlI.'.OCOlTCHEUH. Coroner Ior Qraud Forks Mining Division ol Yulo District. OFFICE:- Jul.lice Hospital, (irund Fiirku, II. C. Shoes! Shoes!! AT MEGRAWS STORE. We have just received many ney lines of Boots and Shoes, among them several styles of American shoes made by a celebrated manufacturer of Milwaukee. We have also a good assortment of Canadian manufacturers best makes as well other Eastern Styles. Almost every day we are receiving New Fall Goods And we enn show Intending purehaaeri many attractive Lines in Dress Goods, Staple and Funcy Dry Goods, Gent*' Fut'nishings, Tents and prospectors Supplies, Also 11 nice line of Ladies' and Gents' Umbrellas. OUR fittOCFRY nFPARTMFNT l,as al1 ,!l1' necessaries and delicacies to UCIl UnU-wLIU UUAIUl.iXPIl nmke ,he imier.nilln c„Iltent. We propose to utter you the best value possible for yofir money. Hoping: to have u share of your patronage. Yours Respectfully. H. J5WEENEY, Manager. Flrst-eluss i»i Every Respect. I;, very thing New uml Homelike. Finest Wines, UaUfin Apd Cigravs at the Bur. Dr. ATHECSTAI*: FRACTIONAL MJIJERALCLAIM. Situate In tlio Grand ForkB Million Division ol Yule District Where located:—Wellington eiiiim. TAKK NOTICE that I Forties M. Kerbs', P. L. S., I noting aa agent lor John Muck, free miner'** certilicate No. 14170 'A" Intend, sixty days from the date hereof; to apply to tlie Mining Recorder for it certificate ol Improvoroeiite, for the purpose of obtaining a Grown Orutit of thc above claim. And lui-lher lake notice that action, under section .17, must bo commenced before the Issuance of such eertlticiite of Improvements. liiilrfl this ini duy of July. 18117. tlyliBlO]' * TORbliS IJ. IJIiHUi*, P. I.. 8. Laying Out the Town Mr. Fred. Wollaston, P. L. S. of this city, and corps of assistance, are busy this week laying out Mr. Moody's town site at the foot of Chiistina lake. A force of men'are now at work improving the road between Cascade City and a contract hail been let for the erection of a hotel thero. Ten Horses Packed. Mike Sullivan, well-known in this seo tion, left here yesterday for P.iss creek with ten pack animals which were heavily laden with provisions, powder, tools, etc. Mike has gone to open his Pass creek properties as well as do some prospecting. Messrs. Burns and Wilson, the wholesale and retail butchers of tbe Kootenay district wilh headquarters at Rossland, arrived in the city yesterday on a tour of inspection ol this section. They expect to extend their business to this district. . FIRE! companies in the world INSURE ymir properly with Frank .Strut's, representing sumeuf the bes{. Public Auction of Horses. NOTICK Ij hereby nlvi'ii that the following lies.Tibi-d I.Mi.cH will bo sold at Gilpin's Ranch Od September 24lh, 1899, at 10 O'clock, A. M, 1 Hay Mare, branded SI ou left hip. 1 lliack horse, branded ;* uu left shoulder. 1 KoiT.-l Col!, branded ♦ on rl^ht shoulder. l Hay horse, branded r on right stime, 1 Hay Mare, branded - on left boulder. 1 Iron Gray, 2 years old mure, no brand, 1 Brown Mare, no brand. 1 lliack HUrsc Colt, no brand. 1 Iron iitay Mare, branded Not) left shoulder. 1 Hay Horne, brandod Bon left shoulder and B Y on left Jiip;. :. 1 Black Marc, branded a on loft hip. 1 Chestnut Mare, n-i brand. v'' "■ 1 Black Pony/branded si On left shoulder, 1 Bay Mare, branded A on b»ft:shouider. 1 Brown Mare, branded Vl on loft shoulder. R. R. OlLPfff;-'1 NOTICE T HKKEBY GIVE NOTICE THAT SIXTY DAYS **■ nfter dnte I intend to npply- tn the Chief Commissioner of Lund und Works. Victor's. H. C, for permission to purchase f^be lol- ipwing described tract of Imid situate iu the Osoyoos Division ol Vale Distrlot; Comment)* iug at a ims! planted ou the Northern hank of Fisherman Creek near the crossing of the wagon road leading, to the II. C. mine; thence BflUth eighty chains; thence East forty chains; thence North (right; chalni; thence West forty chalni to the point of commencement, containing threo hundred and twenty acres, sl7-ol!.] F. W. RUSSELL, (irand Forks, 12th September, XKUH. K. H. TUACHER, DENTIST. Special Attention to Cold Crown and lirldKC Worn. Offick: Granite Block, - SPOKANE, WASH. TT 8. CAYLEY, BARRISTER AT LAW; Solicitor, Etc., OHlce, Main Street, - GKANil FOKKS, B. B. Tl WOLLASTON, Provincial Land Surveyor. C|vil"Engineer, Etc (iRANO hORKS, B. C. OFlIilt MINERAL CLAIM. Situate in the Grund Forks Mining Division of Yule District. Where Located—lu Wellington Camp. ^VfAKK NOTICE thut I. Sydney M. Johnson, I acting for self, Free Miner's Certificate No. 40!))A, mid as agent for Marcus Oppcnhei* mer, Free Miners' certitieate, No. 89017; Thos. Kirk, Free Miners' certificate No. BWA ; It. Feld- man, Free Miners' certificate No, 7ii87A, and June Russell,Freo Mlnurs'cerrlflcato No,l4,0'J0A, intend, sixty days from tne date hereof, to apply lo the Mining Recorder for a certilicate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining u Crown<irant of tho above Claim. And further tuke notice that action, under soction 87, must lie commenced before (lie issu* ance of such certificate of Improvements. Dated this 8th day of August. 1898, [als-ol& LITTLE BABE MINERAL CLAIM. -Situate inthe Grand Forks Mining Divison of Yale District. Where located—In Wellington camp, west of aud udjoiuing the American Ellglo. TAKE NOTICE that T, Fred Wollaston as agent for John T. Qlllricn, Free Miner's Certificate-No." 8051A, Intend, sixty days from the dale hereof, to apply to tlie Mining Recorder fur a certificate of improve* menu, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grantof thc above claim, And further take notice that action, under BCC* tion »7, must be con;menccd before the issu ance of such oortifloate of improvements. Duteil ihif- -Jiih day of August, IHO". Date of first publication September 8rd, 1898- Dute of lust publication, October 20,1808. KEYSTONE MINERAL CLAIM. Situate In the Grand Forks Mining Division of Yale District. Where located—In Welling' tun camp. TAKE NOTICE thatl, George W. Rumber- ger Free Miner's Certificate No. 14838A, acting lor self'and Agent for Joseph M. Taylor Froo Miner's Certllleate ' No ■ 80918 and I'hilliph Feldnmn Free Miner's1 Certificate No. 7987A, intend, sixty daj's from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crow n graut oi the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 87, must be commenced before tiie issuance of sueli certificate of improvements. Dated tbis 13th day of August, lWH. Dated of first publication, August lfith. IW*. Date of last publication, October 13th, I8tl«. J. W. JONES, Manufacturer of Spring Beds, Mattresses, LOUNGES. ETC. DEALER IN HOUSEHOLD GOODS OF ALL KINDS. QRAND FOUKS, B, C. WS«w Filing mid nil Kinds of Repairing. The British Columbia Mercantile and Mining Syndicate, Ltd. CAflCADR ClT\', Iloi'KOAltY. II. I'. We beg to anqoupce tbat we have opened our new general store in the above town. We shall carry a complete stock of miner's supplies, tools, powiler, etc., hardware, groceries, dry goods and clothing. Miners and general public will be'able to outfit here and find all they require. Quality Qoqd and Prices Low. Cascade City is the headquarters for Christina Lake, McRae Creek, burnt Basin, Castle Mountain and other mining districts. We beg also to inform all those interested in mining that our assay office in tho above tow is now open under the superintendence of an cxcrienccd as- sayer aiiq-we shall be able to undertake all kinds of assav work. I'.tirsonal, prompt and careful atlention will be given to all work entrusted to us. British Columbia Mercantile & Hiniiiji Syndicate, Ltd. CASCADE CITY, BRITISH COLUMBIA Branch at McRae Landing, Christian Lske Montana Hotel NELSON & CO., Proprietors. Headquarters for Min) Cct*rctAc> CiHr R C ing and Railroad Men, \ V*aSCaOe V-dly, D. \*>* ^THE MIDWAY HOTEL** MIDWAY, KETTLE RIVER, First-CIass Accommodations, Good Stabling, Termius of Stage Line From Marcus, Washington. McAuley & Keightley. - - Proprietors, ■pOKBES M. KERBY, Provincial Land Surveyor And Civil Engineer. Oifice, Midway, b. c. ABBOctftte Member runmliiiii Society oi Civil Km-iueem. n RAND FORKS HOTEL, Barber Shop. Centrally Looated. All Work fiauraiitced to be First-ClasH in every Itespect. PETER A. Z* PARE, PROPRIETOR. fj. A. SHEADS, -ASSAYER- GRANC FORKS, B. C. SAMPLES CIVEN PROMPT ANDCARErULTTENTION nr E. STACHE, Bath Rooms, AND TONSORlAL PARLORS.' RIVERSIDK, • • - OKAND KORKS A L,. MCDONALD, Contractor and Builder, OltANU I-OltKB, B. C. Finn ami apeclliriitloiis draivn, eellm.itcs fur lllHhcd on all kliulsof bnllillug. Work; strictly (Irst-claRa. QUEENS' HOTEL. UPPER GRAND FORKS, DUFORD & CUSSON, - . u. PROPS. The liar will always be round supplied with tbechoicest wines id It PIr8t-clar.il In every respect, vs be four ' 1 liquor-.. PETER HANNAN, Carpenter aiid Builder. MAIN STREET, GRAND FORKS, B. C. Estimates lurnished on Application. Store Fronts and Fixures a Specialty. FRANCIS' NEWS STAND CASCADE CITY, B. C. Stationery, Tobacco, Cigars, Fruits aud Confectionery. A pre nt for the S]>okesman*i-»eview and all the leading: papers of the Province. Call and see me, next to the Montana hotel. Arrived -je ^e A nice fresh stock of Confectionery, also fresh fruits Peaches, Pears, Oranges, ^onions, etc. The best and cheapest place to buy Choice Cigars. Bicycle livery again In running order. Remember the place JOHN DONALDSON, Riverside Ave., south of jclmouieo. R. THERIEN, Blacksmith and Wagonmaken x BRIDGE ST., GRAND FROKS. All kinds of Ulacksinitb and Repairing Pone ou short notice. Drill sharpening and Horse shoeing a specialty. p RAND FORKS, BLACKSMITH —-A*-,**.!— Carriage Factory BRIDGE STRESIT. D. M. FEENEY, Proprietor, The care of horses feet and up-to-date shoeing macleja special study. Theie is nothing in my line of business that I don't do and will make you anything from a wheelbarrow to -six-horse cpacb MINE SUPPLIES We oarry one of the most complete stocks of Drill Steel, Ponder, Clips, Fuse, and all other Miner's Supplies tOH found In* Vh«T district. Everything' hYnf tlio'He'st quality and our prices give our competitors a shock. GRANITEWARE We have a splendid line of this elegant, cleanly and durable kitchen ware; iiiclucliii1' u novelty lu this sect-oil- granite ware fry pans. You should try these, as they will e sure to pleuse you. BINDER TWINE 1 Tin and | Connection m ft Is again In demand and we are. as usual, prepared to supply the demuuds of the trade with the best tu be hud. Repair^ W, K. C Mailly, Bridge Street, Qrand Forks, B. C. KETTLE RIVER Q. W. WILLIAHS, Manager. Daily from Marcus to Grand Forks Greenwood City, Anaconda, Boundary Falls, Midway and All Points on Colville Indian Resevation. Stage Leaves Marcus on the Arrival of the Northbound Train, arriving at Grant) Forks at 8:.15 p. in. Leaves the Forks at 4:00 a. m., arriving at Marcus in time tfl connect with northbound 'i'rain. passengers from Kootenay I'.-- make connection at Bossburg going nnd convng. Typewriting «£ ALL KINDS OP TYPEWRITING EXECUTED IN THE BEST POSSIBLE MANNER BY E. H. McCARTER, JR. PRIVATE OFFICE ALWAYS OPEN, AND ALL WORK PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. ONLY THE BEST OF SUPPLIES USED. MINER OFFICE, ORAND FORKS. ROUGH DRESSED ALEX MASON, lirctiant Tailor CASCADE CITY. Full Line of Fiece good?, Suiting*1, Trouserings and Fancy Vesting. Syits Made tq Order* .Fit guaranteed or no sale.. ALEX MASON CASCADE CITY, B. C. LUMBER, I Spokane F^lls & ti All Kinds ol. « *1 : House Finish, Sash Factory, 1 Store Fronts a Specialty, 1 Furniture Made to Order, \ Saloon and Store Fixtures, ! All orders will ificeive Prompt | attention, I E* Spraggett, Grand Foiks, B. C. ■s*s«**T««*s*s*e*^«*e«*s«-Sfe«-?* Northern, Nelson & Ft. Sheppard, Red Mountain Railways. The Only All-rail Route, without changs of cars, between Spokane, R0S4- land ahd Nelson. DAILY SEAVICE. Golnp North 113:27 a. 111,,.., Going South .... 11:13 a.m. Train leaving Miirci.ti at 11.1*1 a. 111. makes closo coiiiiui'lioiis nt t-ii'.lc-iii'! for air \: PACIFIC COAST POINTS. (JloBeConne'-tloiis at Ni-lsou with Meatnboa*. for Kuslo and all Kootonaj* Lako Points. I I'assenRorB for Kettlo Ulver ami Hoiind-ii-f creek couuccl »t Mitrcus witli btage dully, .J ":'., 1 ■'.: !.■ lir. •''•! .'■.'■ lirA. ,„•:•, :- MLLPLEMD •Getting Acquainted Wuh His Constituents. .CORBIN CHARTER DEFEAT Will Recommend Changes In the Postal Service and Customs Regulations. Owing to the short notice given the public meeting held in Victoria hall Friday evening of last v.*i;ek ;o meet Mr. Hewett Bostoak wis not largely attended. Mayor Davis was voted to thc chair. Mr, Davis after thanking those present tor the honor conferred on him, introduced Mr. Bostock to tho audience, who deliveied a brief but interesting ad- *U*SS. Mr. Bostock prefaced his remarks with an apology for not sending word ahead of his intended visit to this section of tbe country. He said that the task of representing this district was iiiuch greater than he bad realized when the people ot the district did him tbe honor to elect him to represent them. Owing to the rapid advancement made fey this distiict he had found it a difficult matter to impress tbe people of Eastern Canada with the importance of encouraging its development. This was more noticeable during the last session when the Corbin charter was before the house. He then gave a very graphic desciiption of ta\e ka.r4 fight that was made in Mr. Corbin's behalf. The C, P. R. and its friends claimed the right to have sole control of tbe railways in this district. The statement made by Sir William Van Home before the rail- Way committee "that if Mr. Corbin was allowed to build into the Kettle River and Boundary countries that he would take millions of dollars out of Canada annually," bad much to -io toward opening the eyes of the people ot Eastern Canada to the wonderful and varied resources of this section. One of the chief arguments used by the C. P. R. in its protest against allowing Mr. Corbin a charter was because his line could be built and operated cheaper than theirs. After a bard and bitter fight thc C. P. R. succeeded in canying the day by promising to commence the work of construction at once. He was glad to learn that the promise was being fulfilled. Personally he would exert every effort to secure the construction ot another railway into thc district. With competition in transportation facilities the enormous bodies of low grade ores to be found here could be worked under the most favorable conditions. He felt almost sure that when Mr. Corbin's charter again came before the house for consideration it would be successful, although he expected bitter opposition to it from the C. P. R quarters. The policy of subsidizing charter mongers should be either abolished or reformed, and the government, in cases of subsidies to railways, should assume control over Ireight rates. The benofit done to this section on account of the Corbin charter fight—even if it was defeated— was incalculable owing to thc extensive advertisement it gave the country. The next time that be visited the district he hoped to be able to rejoice witb the people over the success of the charter. (Hear, Hear.) Mr. Bostock then took up and dis* cussed the settlement of the Manitoba school question, the penny postage, preferential tariff, the Crow's Nest Pass, the Yukon railway question and a number of other interesting political topics. Several questions of a local nature were taken up and discussed among which were the customs regulations and postal matters. He said that it was a difficult matter to get everything in a working order in a district like this inhere the requirements were changing so rapid that it was almost impossible jlo make the authorities at Ottawa understand the necessity for these changes; On this account tbe government was naturally slow in making changes that, while tbey would fit the requirements of tpday, in six months would be entirely out of date, Ue asked the people of the district to be patient and promised that he would do everything in his power to bring about the reforms they were seeking. ' Mr. Bostock then closed his remarks by "thanking the audience tor the pleasure, the privilege of haying an opportunity to meet the people of Grand Forks iind become acquainted with the wants and requirements of the district, bad afforded, and assured them that he would use every effort in bis power to lay the matters before the proper authorities for adjustment. Mayor Davis, on behalf of the audience, stated that it had given tbem great pleasure to listen to Mr. Bostock, and hoped that the next time he came a more extended notice of his visit Would be given, so that the people residing outside of the city would have an opportunity to meet and hear him. He then desired to hear from Mr. Chas Hay, of Upper Orand Forks. Mr. Hay, in responding, stated that he would not detain those present very Jong, but he merely wanted to express the great pleasure that it gave him to meet and bear Mr. Bostock, a gentle* lhan who had the'pourajge to' stand for an election, in a constituency which no one thought could be graspe'd from the party then in power, wbo had held possession pi it foryevs and thought lhat they bad a mortgage on it. In the face of these odds he had entered the field. Although almost a stranger to the resi dents ol the district and without a resident q ial tication to help bim along in the iiontcst, through tbc peisisteut and in doinCible fight he had made he bad been successful. Since his election he bad show.c a great amount of moral courage by the w*yy he had stood up and fought for the rigius.cf the people in tho face and against the wishes of powerful corporations. Unlike bis predecessor he had acquainted himself with the rcquir ments ol the district and dene everything in his power to Geo that they were complied with. The people of this district owed him a debt of gratitude for lhe manner he had stood up and fought for the Corbin charier last winter. It took a man ol moral courage to tako tbe stand that Air. II i.toyk had on this que-tion and he felt safe in saying lhat if he came tefore the people of the district for re-election that tbey would not foi get hitn. After britfly discussing what had been accomplished in the way of reform by the present dominion government, Mr. Hay closed his remarks by offering the following resolution which was unanimously adopted: Resolved that we desire to p'ace on record our appreciation of Mr Bostock's servi.es as the representative of this district aud the citizens ol Grand Forks heartily endorse the policy puisueu by him in his efforts to secure the churtet* for the Kettle River Valley railway during the lust session of the dominion house and nquest him to u e his influence in endeavoring to secure the pas sage of the same bill at tbc approaching session of the domii ion parliament, Mr. Bosto:k again ihanked the audience for the kind expression of appro val of bis service and assured them tbat he would stand Ior right every time. He said he expected to make another visit to the district at no distant day. On motion of Mr. Hay a vote of thanks was voted tiie chair and the meeting adjourned. Police Court. Last week one of the celestial residents of Grand Forks known as Due Fook, appeared in the police court to answer to two charges, one of assaulting another gentleman named Maughee, while the second charge was that of breaking the peace. Upon being requested by the defendant, Police Magistrate Johnson upon the cases being called on the 2nd inst. granted a remand until the fifth inst. in order tbat the prisoner might obtain the services of J. P. McLeod, barrister of Midway, on which date the cases were disposed ot by the assault case being dismissed with costs while in the second case ths charge was withdrawn. China men are great people Ior lawyers and every Qhin-imin who was acouyin or acquaintance of the accused in this case bad a lawyer and before these cases were terminated Barristers Sutton, McLeod, Cayley and Lemay, all appeared tor interested Chinamen. Bowling Alley. A. B. Jones is building a business house on his lot adjoining the Jubilee hospital on First street, in which he will open a bowling alley, the paraphenalia for which is now on the road. He expects to have the building completed apd everything in readiness for business in about two weeks. Mr. A. C, Morgan a gentleman wbo has had considerable experience in the management of resorts of this character will have charge of the place and will spare no pains in making it pleasant for lovers of this healthful exercise. Due notice of tbc opening of the alley will be given next week. Returned From Upper Forth Fo k. Harry Brown and George Hecken have just returned from a month's trip up the North Forks, they having been some 75 miles up that river, They cor- loberate former statements relative to the mineral wealth of that section. During this trip they heard lhe heavy blasting on the C. P. R, near Brooklyn, they beiRg only some 15 miles from Robson in an air line. Game both great and small and fish in abundance abound iu that region and they are of the opinion (hat the Upper North Fork is the coming country. Putting in Lights. The electricians have been busy tbis week putting electric lights into a number of business houses amqng jybich is the postoffice, J. K. Johnson's office, J. W. Jones' fprnjfure store, W. B.Davey's new block and a number of other places. It commences to look as if tbe water and electric plant, which we have heard so much about, will soon develop into a source of profit to the city instead of a loss as bas been predicted by a good many. An Accident. Last Sunday a freighter, whose name we did not learn, was brought to town with a broken leg. The accident occurred near Toulou's, on the reservation, by the front wheel of the wagon dropping into a "chuck hole" throwing the driver in front, and one wheel running over his leg. Dr, Grieve set the leg and the patient is in a fair way of early recovery.—Bossburg Journal. Fate to Fruit Fair. During the Spokane Fruit Fair the Spokane Falls & Northern railway will make the rate for round trip tickets from Bossburg to Spokane and return $4.45; half fare for children between 5 and 12 yaars old. Tbe tickets will be limited to five days fiom date of sale. Tbe Fruit Fair will open October 5 and close October 17. Distiict Licensing Court. This year the magistrates of Grand Forks will hold a district licensing court in this city, which will be a great convenience to tbe applicants for liquor licenses in these parts, as they fnrmerly bad to go to Midway. Official notice of the sitting of tbis court will be given later on. Boat For Christina Lake, W. N.'Cisey, ot Bossburg, bas ordered tbe machinery for a six bourse power launch, which will play on Christina lake. The boat will be thirty leet long and six foot beam and will carry thirty- I live passengers. '' ' ' ■ ■ **l 1? *, >*- TWO SESSIONS A Proposition Made to The C. P. R. BY THE CITY COUNCIL A Large Amount of Talk and Very Little Business. Done. The regular weekly session of the city council was he,ld in Wit* .city clerk's office Fiiday September 9, 1898. There were piesent the mayor and all lhe aldermen with the exceplicn of Alderman Kr.i'.ht. After the reading and approval ol the minutes of the previous meeting, the following bills were referred to tb» finance committee: II. B. Cannon, £15; Petrie & Co., fl.50; Grand Forks Mercantile Co., f8.25; F. Rentour, $5, and A. C. Sutton, $4630. The matter of negotiating a loan on the city bonds of $i5,ooo was then introduced by the mayor, when after some discussion Alderman O'Connor moved, seconded hy Alderman Manly, that the mayor take the bonds to Rossland at once aud straighten out the city affairs and raise ah the money possible on the bonds, and that the mayor be au thorized to sign the bonds on behalf of the city and that the clerk affix the corporation seal to the bonds. Carried, The matter cf granting a right of way through the cily to thc C, P. R. was then taken up when Alderman White moved that the mayor and Alderman Manly be a committee of two to confer with Mr. Chas. Cumings, manager of the Grand Forks Townsite company, relative to the granting of a right of way to the C. P. R. through the city and lhat they report at the next meeting. The nj'jtjon wjs seconded by Alderman G'C.cijnor and bdng put to a vote carried. Mr. Cayley being present asked leave to address the council relative to that body donating $150 towards paying off the indebtedness of the First street bridge as welt as paying Alderman McCallum's bill of $50. Wheu Alderman Jones moved seconded by Alderman Manly tbat this donation matter be laid over till the ne-t meeting and that the cily clerk see Mr. Fred Cooper and ask hi.-n for a statement showing what debts are due on the bridge. Cairied. Mr, Chas, Cumings being present and upon toing granted leave to address the council stated that since he had entered into a contract with the city lo fill the sloughs another street grade had been made and be wanted to know if the council wanted bim to nuke the fill on Riyerside avenue according to the last survey. Alderman O'Connor then addressed the council and stated that Mr. Cumings' contract wilh tbe city called for the putting in of over g.oco yards of earth and gravel and that until that amount of dirt had been put in no new arrangement could bc entered into with Ur. Cumjngs as the contract now in force specifi tally barred all extias. Some complimentary language was then exchanged between Mr Cumings and Alderman O'Connor, which was cut short by the mayor calling the meeting to order, this matter was then diopped without action being taken. Chief Mills, of the Volanteyr Fire Department, had a request before the council lor the building of a Ijell tower for the 400 pound fire bell which is now here. Tbis matter was referred to the fire, water and light committee for them lo report on at the next meeting. An adjournment was then made till Monday the 12 inst at 8 p. 111. The Adjourned Session. An adjourned meeting of the city council was held Monday evening at 8 o'clock with all the aldermen present Mayor Davis being absence at Rossland where he wont on financial business for the city. Alderman O'Connor was voted tp the chair. The clerk read a repott from (he committee appointed to enquire into and report on the C. P. R. right of way question ihrough the city. The report recommended that the city make a proposition to the railway company to guarantee them a free right of way over the last line surveyed through the city, pro vided the depot was located on ex-Mayor Manly's property nt tbc head of Winnipeg avenue. A proposition trom the Grand Foiks Tqwnsitecompany offering a free right of way over all property owned by tbem, also one from ex-Mayor Manly giving a free right of way through his land east of town and a strip of ground 1000 feet long by 2pq feet wide for depot purpose, as weli as one from L. A and John A. Manly giving the free right of way across five lots owned by tbem, were embodied in the report. After the matter had been thoroughly discussed by the members of thp council and a number of taxpayers present, bv a resolution of the council tbe clerk was instructed to prepare a proposition in accordance with the recommendations of the commiltee and forward the same to tbe proper officials of tbe company. In the matter of the differences between Contractor Cumings and Alderman O'Conner, who claims he is the board of public woiks, over changing tbe grade on Riverside avenue after the work had been commenced, Mr. Thomas the engineer wl.o tun the levels for the city, made a statement to the council relative to who give him his instructions 'for thp establisement of the grade. The last grade was consideiable higher than the first and required something ove, 900 yards of mateiial to complete the 7 ■ •, ** • ' . -1 1 . fj 11. wprk. In answer to the query "if he would consider it an extra ?" He stated that it certainly would be. Alderman O'Conner, who is a member of tbe board of public works and took it upon himself to supervise tbe drawing of the contract between tbe city ard Mr. Cumings, contended that according to tho piovisions of the contract the work was to be done under the supervision of and to the satisfaction ol the board of public works. On finding that the lirst grade was to low the board of public works had caused it to be raised and he could see no rear-on why Mr. Cuming's should be endtlcd to extras. Alderman Jones attacked the contract and showed where it was nothing more than a document providing for lhe filling in of lhe s'cughs; no provisions h.id been made for d essing the streets wilh gravel. The board of public works had made a big mistake and thc easiest way out of it, was the right way. The board of put*lie work should see the contractor and enter into a new agreement with hur. for top dressing the stieets with gravel and the filling i-p of Riverside avenue to tbe last grade, Aldernan O'Conner strongly opposed Junes' views and contended that the toard of public works was the power behind tbe throne, snd could dictate to the contractor how the work should be done, and notwithstanding the fact lhat he was acting mayor, moved that the board of public works be instructed to notify the contractor to fill Riverside avenue according to the first profile. Alderman Knijjni, who is also a member of the board of public works, thought that Mr. Jones was right in his views. He slated tbat the trouble was, lhat their heads were not big enough for their job. They had undertaken to let a contract for something they did not know anything about and bad made a bad job of it, therefor he was iu favor of arranging to have the work done in proper shape. Both Aldeimen Manly and McCallum were both of the opinion that a mistake had been made. Who was responsible for it they were not prepared to say. The streets should be dressed with gravel and the board of public works should arrange to huve thc work completed at once. Alderman Jones moved that thc board of public works be instructed to enter into a contract wiib Mr. Cumings to do the extra work on Riverside avenue made necessary by the raising of the grade, and for the dressing of both R*v- erside avenue ar.d Biidge street witli gravel to a depth of eighteen inches in the center of the street and twelve inches on the sides. Alderman Manly seconded the motion and on being put to a vote was carried. Tenders for furnishing 100 cords of four-foot wood delivered at the power house were read as follows: Robert Clark, $2 09 per cord; Herman r- illyer, j»2 95; E. E. Stpjie; W. H. Fisher, $2.73; James Smith, $3 75; Jos. Ledgermain, $3 70. The bid of W. H. Fisher being the lowest he was awarded the contract. Fred Cooper, who claims to have been the contractor of Ihe First street bridge, appeared before the council aud made a verbal statement regarding his connection with the building of tbe bridge. He stated that he agreed to finish the bridge from the piers up for the government donation of Si,000 and what other donations that might be made. He bad understood t'.-.at the eity council had agreed to donate $150, and if he " had known that sucb was not the case he never would have tauten the contract. There was in the neighborhood of $277 in unpaid bills outstanding; there was $150 still due from tbe government and if the council would appropriate $150, he would be able to poy his obligations. Alderman Jones lhat it was a bad president for the city lo establish. If Mr. Cooper had lost money on his contract tbat was his own lookout and was a matter the city had nothing to do with. Alderman Knight asked for more time to investigate the matter. From what he could learn the city|had nothing to do with tbe building of tbe bridge. If such was the case he was not in favor of appropriating a cent. On the other band, if the bridge belonged to tbe city, as some claimed it did, he would more than likply look oi the matter in a different light. Aldermen Manly and McCallum and Chairman O'Conner were in favor ot "blowing" the city for tlje donation asked for by Mr. Cooper. During the debate that followed, Aldermen Manly and Jones became quite personal in their remarks. Finally Alderman Manly moved that the clerk be instructed to draw a warrant on the city treasurer for $200, S150 for Mr. Cooper and $50 with whicb to pay Alderman McCallum's bill, A dead silence fell over the room. The aldermen stared each other in the lace. This dead like silence was at last broken by Chairman O'Conner, who said tbat there was no question but that thc bridge was a great benefit to the city and it should do. something toward helping the contractor cut. He theu asked if he beard a second to thc motion. Another death like calm fell over the room until Alderman Manly cpmmenced to twist uneasily in his chair. Again the silence was broken by Alderman McCallum slowly raising to his feet and addressing the chair he said: "If the payment of my bill had bpen left out of the motion I would hay*: seconded it with pleasure, but as it now stands 1 cannot do it." Alderman Manly then withdrew fhat part of the motion relative to Mr. McCallum's bill. Alderman Knight pleaded for mpre lime. Tbis started another general discussion which waxed warm and hot for awhile. Finally the Chair again inquired in an inviting way "if there was a second to the motion." Theie being no response to tbe invitation he instructed the clerk to preceed ^vitli lhe next order of business. Alderman McCallum moved, second ed by Alderman Manly, that the matter I be laid over for one week. Carried. I Tho request of the school board to i have the water main extended lo lhe 1 school house, was referred to tbe water i and light committee, to report on as to cost and to asceitain how many property owners on the line would take water. I A communication was reed from E. E. I Stone offering to lay a one inch water pipe from Bridge sireet to tbe Kecor- '] dor's office for tweniy-eight cenls a foot for galvanized pipeand iwenly-onc cenls ■ for common black pipe. Relerrcd to j the committee on water and light. There being r.o further business au adjournment was taken until the next I regular meeting night. ELECTED OFFICLRS. I The Crand Forks Townsite Company Held its Annual Meeting. At a meeling of the Grand Folks Townsite company, held in this city last Wednesday the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: John A Manly, president; Chas. Van Neis, vice- president; Chas. Cumings, secretary, trcasyrcr. These officers also constitute the board of directors. Thc .option on the townsite given the English smelling company some lime ago, cf which mention was mado in this paper was ratified. It was also voted to givo the 0. P. R. a free right of way through tho city over the properly owned by tbc Townsite Company on condition that the depot is located in John Manly's fi'ld west ot the citv at the bead of Winnipeg avenue, as shown on the profile furnished the city council by the railway company. Mr. Cumings was instructed at once to commence the construction of a building to be used by the Townsite company as an oflice. The building is to be of sufficient dimensions so there will be a number of offices for rent, Tbe exact location of the building was left to the directors and will more than likely be on Winnipeg avenue in the vicinity of Riverside where Ibe company have some veiy desirable property. The selection of a board of directory and officers who reside in the city will prove a great benefit to the city in more ways (ban on*", as it is often the c.ise that matter* of viial importance comes up for consideration th it need immediate attention, which with all the officers of the company residing in the cily can be treated without delay. Heretofore the case has been that all matters of this character had to be referred to the board of directors, who reside outside of the eity, and not being acquainted witj: the local condition of affaits refused to grant concessions that were asked 0! them t'oat would undoubtedly have proved to be of great benefit to the city if they had been gianttd. Our Qosing Out Sale of DRY GOODS, HARDWARE S * AND FURNITURE Still Continues. We are Determined to Drop these Lines of Goods from our Business. BE SURE AND GET OUR PRICES BEFORE PURCHASING <* # GRUND FORKS MERBflNTILE CO. COSMOS HOTEL -s/vGrand Forks, B. Q.^r^ Everything New and IJest Furnished Houje, and is in everyway prepared to welcome Guests and provide Good Accommodation XK "XX EZRA INBODY, Headquarters for Mn.ing Men. B^st of Wines. Liquors and Cigars. Special attentio ■ paid to Transcient trade. Proprietor.. Branching Out. Mr. W, Graham, proprietor of the hotel at Graham's ferry, has found it necessary to increase hiB facilities to ac commodate bis rapidly increasing business and is building a 30x150 foot addition to his place of business. Mr. Graham is one of the few hotel men in tkis section that has built for himself a reputation with the travelling public that no man should be ashamed of, and all who stop witb him once always make it a point to call again when in tbis locality. Mr. Chas. Van Ness, of the Grand Forks hotel of this city, has become interested with Mi. Graham in the business and with the personal popularity ol these two gentlemen the future success of the new firm is assured. The new fiim effects to be ready for business about tbe 20th inst, when a grand opening will be given- No Government Aid. Acting on instructions from tho city council, the city clerk has becn communicating wilh Hon. S. D. Pope, superintendent of education, at Victoria, relative to the building ui an addition to the present school house, word has just been received from Mr. Pope to the effect lhat after lhe matter had been duly referred to the government, it was decided that the government could do nothing towards erecting another school building this year at Grand Forks, so the matter is now thrown entirely on the city council. The scnoolhouse is at present greatly overctowded and even if a temporary building were erected at a small cost it would help out in the pres- net crisis. Finishing Up the Right of Way Deals. Mr. Hamilton general land commissioner of the C. P. R. returned from Greenwood Monday evening where he has beon on business connected with the right ol way through lhat city. He was accompanied by Mr. Wilgress the right qf way agent of the company After receiving the proposition made by the city council relative to the right of way through this cily, thoy left for Cascade Citv Tuesday morning, where tbey went for the purpose of closing the final ar movements with the owners of the townsite of that place for the right of way through the town. This will Le Mr. Hamilton's last visit to this section for somo lime, i Special Announcement! 35 I ♦ #A\ Wo have added a new lie-jartment to our business consisting of it's k Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, | jjjfo Dress floods, Hosiery, Underwear, Notions, Ribbons, Laces, m jf/ Embrodlerles, in fact everything which te kept in a first-class Dry Goods Store ?** f\j\ These Goods have till heeii purchased direct from the Manufacturers Agents in \l# /ik Montreal, 'J>routo and ChleagO, and are all A 1 value, and the latest Styles. »!• il-k Tho people of the Kettle River District will now not be compelled to send M* ffljk away from home for their dry goods. If they will call ut our store wo will be \f/ /A glad to show our goods, and you will he convinced that W< ai besides having the satisfac*' ( ' : .1... ■i-JI* bo received weekly. A Fl nd you will be convinced that we can save you money ■flji ction of making your own selections, Shipments will Ty. irst-class stock of Heady Made \W M Clothing Shoes and rimers* Supplies Mr /AV Always '" sto^lc. Goods delivered to the camps free. (/*% If Jeff Davis & Co** J ■« V>P^*^^^'**»-'»w'*^-'^-*^*«-T>C*5«->i*'^-*^-^*>*k-,5*-*S- The Alberta Hotel Trau?±flSaser' Grand Forks, B. C. S a new House, with new Furniture and everything comfortable for the aveling public, and has accommotions for a large number of people. The Dining Room is provided wiih everything in the market. The bar is repleted with the best Wines, Liquors and Cigars A good sample room for Commercial Travellers. FRESH GROCERIES Pun nlwnya be hnd at our store us we keep our Ft nek ri^ht up to the market nnd hnve np old, Bh elf worn goods tu work off on our customers, We mako a specialty of always having on hnnd Fresh Eggs and Creamery Butter. We got tn a new supply every week and can guarantee our stock tn ho always fresh. New potntocB ntffl Another thing which can only be found at our store. Will have In a nice tine of fishing liickle hi a few days. H. A. HUNTLEY : ■ ; : GRAND FORKS, B. C. Grand Forks Brewery, G. A. FRASER & CO., Proprietors. Lager Beer, Porter 1 Soft Drinks Particular Attention Given Orders From Private Families. Will Get the Money. Mr Frank Sears, the secretary of the fire department, received a blank voucher from the provincial secretary with instructions to fill it out and return lo him and on the receipt of which he will forward to him the $300 appropriated by the government to the (irand Forks Fire department. Notwithstanding that this money should have been available some tiqie ago a certain amount t-f red- tape had to be gone through with before a warrant could be Issued for the amount. High Mass at Grand Forks. Rev. Father'fe. UeRouge, S. J., assisted by the Rev. John W. Nicholson, S. J., held high mass at the 0 Connor liros.'s residence yesterday morning at 7:30 and 8 o'clock. A representative attendance was present a*. bo.tU occasions, A Snap in wall paper. I am dosing out my stock of wall paper, nt ISq a roll. rogulnV price 80o. Call early aud tret first choice. Mens fine Oxford shins Jftc, rejrular price jl.25. Men's summer suits u** |*t.00, 85.00, $6.00 and up'to rt%O0. Soft felt hats from $1.00 up, lhe best vnl'iii' in the market. Call mid inspect our well assorted stock nf dress goods- t t-iinmni"-*.. laces. MtlinffS and embroideries. And for prices on groceries nnd supplies don't failtogof awn before going elsewhere. Uuodfi Delivered Free to All Paris of the Country. ANDERSON, UPPER GRAND FORKS, B. C. Weak Stomach Sensitive to every little Indiscretion in outing, even to exposure to draughts and to over-perspiration—this condition ia pleasantly, positively and permanently overcome by the magic tonic touch of Hood's Sarsaparilla, which literally "makes weak stomachs strong." It also creates an appetite—makes you feel real hungry, and drives away all symptoms of dyspepsia. Be sure to get Hood's Sarsaparilla America's Greatest Medicine. Ail Druggi-sU. Hoot's Pills '"■■■** *U Liver Ills, 2b cents. MEMORIES OF FANNIE. HAVE MET IN PUERTO RICO. 'i'he Ei ac imt ion Oommlsslotters Held ii** Ftrui A im un I Meeting in Nmi Juan lit" J'li-rrt'i Hi-'--—Spii n inl* iniiiiiriiiMi*. Unit Not ArrtverX j They never wiil read it, in this sad fnce, How I came at last to my lady's grace: It they saw my heart they would hardly know, : It lies so close and lurks so low. So womanly went she, so gladsome and good, The charm of her never was understood; : Till I—for whom was the secret tine— i Found her, and wooed her, ami wou her for mine. She knows- she only! how slow and sweet My love grew un from the palms of her feet, I*'rom low at her foot to high on her brow, From Dear—and Dearer—to Dearest—till uow. There is none of her—none—that I may not love, Beauty of earth, or bright spirit nbove; But ouly the angels and Fannie know , Why, living nnd dyiug, I love her so. - Edwin Arnold. . _"" San Juan ile Puerto Rico, Sept. 11.— The first joint meeting of tlie evacuation commission was held in the council chain* her of lhe palace yesterday morning. It wus exceedingly formal. Major General Brooke, Rear Admiral Schley and Brigadier General Gordon, accompanied by their personal Btaffs, drove to the palace. Here they wen; formally presented to the Spanish commissioners - General Ortega, Brigadier of Marine Val- lei'Iano and Senor Agullo, auditor of war. The presentation was made by Captain General Maclas, Both committees then returned to tlte .spacious council room, where credentials were exchanged. The Spanish commissioners were most courteous. They explained that their embarrassment was due to the fact that their instructions had failed to arrive, though expected on the Alfonso XIII.. overdue sinc(t yesterday. They assured the American commissioners of their confidence that the instructions would arrive during the day or tomorrow and suggested an adjournment until Monday at •2. o'clock, to which the Americans promptly agreed. The "American commissioners nUo agreed to the suggestion that the sessions of the commissioners should be secret, as many questions of u diplomatic character might arise, which, if given publicity, might embarrass thc work. The commissioners will meet separately to begin with, and the joint session will ho held to exchange propositions. Tlie Spanish ollloinls have been at work several days making inventories of the government property. MRS. LUCY GOODWIN VISITING THE OLD HOME. HELLC beeu ! ki-r 11 Buffered four years with female troubles .She nuw writes lo Mrs r*.nkham of her complete recovery. Itead her letter: Dear Mrs Pinkham:—I wish you to publish what Lydia K Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, Sanative Wash and Liver Pills have done lor me. I suffered . iorfouryear, I -with womb (trouble. My I doctor said I had falling of llie wemb I also suffered with nervous prostration, faint, all-gone feelings palpitation of the heart, bearing-down sensation and painful menstruation. I could not stand but a few minutes at a lime. When I commenced tailing your medicine I could not sit up half a day, but before 1 had used half a bottle I was up and helped about my work. I have taken three bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and used one package of Sanative Wash, and am cured of all my troubles. 1 feel like a new woman. I can do all kinds of housework and feel stronger than I ever did in my life I nowweigh 1'llri pounds. Before using your medicine t weighed only 108 pounds. Surely it is the grandest medicine for weak woman that ever was, aud my advice to all who ar6 suffering from any female trouble is to try It at once and be well. Your medicine has proven a blessing to me. and I cannot praise lt enough.—Mrs. Lucy Goodwin, Holly, VV. Va. M ^ bo <V £ f-C « s 6 uvo * D js = y u* ■*,* * -> C ,, > cu'S w '/ c ■o EC i* SgOrS g S 8 a - tg E H : g t X ? * * v g*a s *~~ f p." 138 Si»1 - §&g ||| </)|e <n IS Hfc ^^ 1 u sl OO < co <7 2lufgcpa§tl Um unftr Weill, kit „9tai)ti«S)ttn", In iold)( Jf rr :|c riiijiifuliKii, in btnen cu lu! lin nod) nictit giuiigenb btfomii mar, |«nbm mli «( Don (rf I on bit mm l, Jaintnr I8li9 frti an ollr birjenigrn, lorldje fur bal iiaii.il* 'Xttl)X unitu SU onntnttn mttbtn unb b«n J^drn-i bafiir, 12.00, left elnlttibm. IDlan lojic flit) $rot>r Slummrrn f$i(fcn. 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Where have you lately?" shouted a bro- llie other evening to u portly, finely dressed man in the corridor ol* the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The gentleman stopped, shook hands with his friend, ami replied: "I've been home lo see my old father and mother, for the Urst time iu sixteen years, and 1 tell you, old ninn, I wouldn't have missed one dny of thut visit for ull my fortune- nor much more." "Kind o' good lo visit your boyhood boine, eh?" "Yes. Sit down. I was Just thinking about the old folks, nnd feel talkative. If you have a few minutes to spare, sit down, light n cigar and listen to the story of u rich mnu who, lu the ehase for wealth, had almost forgotteu his father and mother," They sat down aud the man lold his story: "How I came to visit my home happened iu a curlops way. Six weeks ago I went down to Flre Island Ashing. I hnd hud n lunch put up for me, and you can Imagine my astonishment, when 1 opened the bumper, to find a package of crackers wrapped up in a piece of the little country weekly published at my home in Wisconsin. 1 read every word of it, advertisements and all. There wns (leorge Kellogg who was u schoolmate of mine, advertising hums and salt pork, and nnother boy wns postmaster. It mnde me homesick, and 1 determined then and there in go home, and go home I did. "ln Ihe flre plnce. I must loll you how I came lo New York. 1 hud quarreled with my father and left home. I finally turned up In New York with a dollar lu my pocket. 1 got a job running a freight elevator In the very house In which I nm now a partner. My hasle to become rich drove the thought of my parents from me, and when I thought of Ihem lhe hard words that my father last spoke to me rankled In my bosom. "Well, I went home. I tell you, John, my train seemed lo creep. I wns notu- ally worse than a schoolboy going home for vacation. At Inst we nenred the town. Familiar sights met my eyes, and, upon my word, they filled with tears. There wns Kill Lyman's red burn, jus! the same; but—Great Seott! what were all the other houses? We rode nearly a mile before coming to the station, passing muny houses, of which only an occasional oue was familial*, "The town had grown lo ten times Its size when I knew It. The train stopped and 1 Jumped off. Not a face In sight that. I knew, and I started down the platform to go home. In the office door stood the station agent. I walked up and said: "Howdy, Mr. Collins.' He stared ut men nud replied: 'You've got the best o fine, sir. Who nre you?' "I told hlm who I wns aud whnt I hud been doing in New York. Suid he, 'It's ubout time you came home. You In New Y'ork rich, and your father scratching gravel to get a bare living!' "I tell yoll, Johu, lt made mo feel bad. 1 thought my father had enough to live upou comfortably. Then a notion struck me. Before going home I telegraphed to Chicago to one of our correspondents there to send me one thousand dollars by first mall. Then I went Into Mr. Collins' back ofHce, got my trunk In there, and put ou nn old cheap suit that I use for fishing nnd hunting. My plug hnt I replaced hy a soft one, took my valise In my hand und went home. "Somehow the place didn't look right. The currant hushes had been dug up from the front yard, nnd tho fence wns gone. All the old locust trees had been cut down and young maple trees were planted. The house looked Bmaller, somehow, too. But I went up to the front door and rang the bell. Mother came to the door and said, 'We don't wish lo buy anything to-day, sir!' "It didn't take me a minute to survey her from bond te foot. Neatly dressed, John, but a patch and a darn here and there, her hnlr strenked with gray, her face thin, drawn nnd wrinkled. Yet over her eyeglasses shone those good, honest, benevolent eyes. 1 stood staring at her, and then she began to stare at me. I saw the blood rush to her fnce, and. wllh a great sob, she threw herself upon me and nervously clasped me nbout the neck, hysterically crying: 'It's Jimmy, It's Jimmy! My dear boy, Jimmy!' "Then I cried, loo, John. I Just broke down nnd cried like a baby. She got ine Into the house, hugglug nnd kissing me, nnd then she went to the back door and shouted, 'George!' "Father called from the depths of the kitchen, 'What do you want, Car'llne?' "Then he came In. He knew me In a moment. He stuck out his hand and grasped mine, and said, sternly, "Well, young mnn, do you propose to behave?' "He tried to put on a brave front, but he broke down. There we three sat like whipped school children, all whimpering. At last supper-tlmc came, aud mother went out to prepare It. I went Into the kitchen. "'Where do you live, Jimmy?' she asked. " 'In New York,' I replied. " 'What are you working at now, Jimmy?' " 'I'm working In a dry goods store.' " Theu I suppose you don't live very high, for I hear of city clerks who dou't get enough money to keep body and soul together. So I'll Just tell you, Jimmy, we've nothing hut roust spare- ribs for supper. We haven't any money now, Jimmy. We're really poorer than Job's turkey.' "I told her I would be delighted with the spnrerlbs; and lo tell the truth, John. I haven't eaten a meal In New York that tasted as good as those crisp- roasted sparerlhs did. I spent the even- lug playing checkers with father, while mother snt by telling me nil about their mlsfortuues, from old white Mooley getting drowned in the pond lo father's signing a note for a friend aud having to mortgage lhe place to pay lt. "The mortgage was due Inside of a week, aud not a cent to meet It with— Just eight hundred dollars. She supposed tbey would be turned out of house and home; but in my mind I supposed they wouldn't. At last nine o'clock eame nnd father said: 'Jim, go out to the barn and see If Kit Is all right. Bring lu nu armful of old shingles that are Just luslde the door, and fill up the waterpall, Theu we'll go off to bed aud get up early and go a-flsh- Ing.' "I didn't say u word, bul I went out to the burn, bedded dowu the horse, broke up nn armful of shingles, pumped up a pull of water, filled the woodbox, and then we all went to bed. Father called me at 4:30 in tbe morning, and while he was getting a cup of coffee I skipped over to the depot cross lots and got my best bass rod. Father took nothing but a trolling line and it spoou hook. He rowed the bont with the trolling line In his mouth, while I stood In the stern with a silver shiner rigged on. Now, John, 1 uever saw a man calch lish as lie did. "At noon we went ashore and father went home, while 1 weut to the post- office. I got a letter from Chicago with a check for one thousand dollars iu it. With some trouble I got lt enshed, getting pnid In live nud ten dollnr bills, making quite a roll. 1 then got a roast Joint of beef and a lot of delicacies, and had them seut home. After that 1 went visiting among my schoolmates for two hours, then went home. The Joint wns In the oven. Mother hnd put on ber only silk dress, and father had donned bis Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes—none to good, either. "This Is where I played a joke on the old folks. Mother wns In the kitchen watching lhe roast. Father wns out to lhe barn, and 1 had a clear coast. I (lumped the sugar out of the old blue bowl, put Ihe thousand dollars ln It, nnd placed the cover on ngnin. At last supper was ready. Father asked a blessing over lt, nnd he actually trembled when he stuck his knife In the roast. " 'We haven't had a piece of meat like this In five years, Jim,' he suid, and mother put in with, 'And we haven't had any coffee In a year, excepting the times wheu we went a-visltlu'.' Then she poured out the coffee and lifted the cover of the sugar-bowl, asking, 'How muny spoonfuls, Jimmy?' "Then she struck something that wasn't sugar. She picked np the bowl and peered Into It. 'Aba, Master Jimmy, playlu' your old tricks on your mammy, eh? Well, boys will be boys.' "Then she gasped for breath. She saw It was money. .She looked at me, then at father, und then with trembling fingers drew the great roll of bills out. "Ha! ha! ba! I can see father uow as he stood there, then, on tiptoe, with his knife In one hand, fork In the oilier and his eyes fairly bulging out of his head. But lt was too much for mother. She raised her eyes to heaven and said slowly: 'Put your trust lu the Lord, for He will provide.' "Then she fainted away. Well, John, there's not much more to tell. We threw water In her fnce and brought her to, and then we demolished that dinner, mother all the time saying, 'My boy, Jimmy! My boy, Jimmy!' "I stayed home a month, I fixed up tbe place, paid off nil the debts, had a good time, nud came back aguin to New Y'ork. "I am going Io send fifty dollars home every week. 1 tell you, Johu, It's mighty nice to have a home." John was looking steadily at the head of his cane. When he spoke he took Jim by tbe hand nud said, "Jim, old friend, what you have told me bus affected uie greatly. I haven't heard from my home way up Iu Maine for ten years. I'm going home to-morrow, Jim."—St. Paul Pioneer-Press. Trades that Kill. There are many legitimate occupations or trades thnt steadily kill those who nre engaged In them. Lead In death-denllng to ull who use lt lu their work, ns house painters, gilders, calico printers, type founders, potters nnd braziers. Mercury ls a foe to life. Those who make mirrors, barometers or thermometers, who etch or color wood or felt, will soon feel tbe effect of the nitrate of mercury In teeth, gums and the tissues of the body. Silver kills those who bundle It, nud photographers, makers of hair dyes aud Ink and other preparations ere long turn gray, while a deadly weakness subdues Ihem. Copper enters Into the composition of many articles of every-dny life, and too soon those who work In bronzing and slinllnr decorative processes lose teeth and sight, aud, finally, life. Makers of wall paper grow pale nnd sick from the arsenic In Its coloring, nnd innleh-makers lose strength and vitality from Ihe excess of phosphorus used In their business. But mankind ls by nature brave, and very few are deterred from iieiion because of supposed danger. If the grent builders and engineers of the world would stop and ask, "How many lives will this undertaking cost?" It Is probable that the world would be without some of the greatest triumphs of modern thought. Everyday life and common occupations are full of silent courage, nnd nil around nre workers who bravely die In the harness. Children and Ghost storlea. The attempt to keep young children In Ignorance of stories about ghosts, fairies, giants and gypsies would certainly prove futile. If they are of a nervous nud Imaginative temperament they will Invent new terrors for themselves Instead of the old traditional ones. A little girl of 0, who had been Jealously guarded ngnlnst any acquaintance with nursery bogles and superstitions, suffered from night terrors of a severe kind, In which she always screamed out tbat she was being chased by robbers. But while It may be Impracticable to protect children from a knowledge of the supernatural and mysterious, lt is Inexcusable to frighten them with hideous stories or to leave them a prey to the terrors ot the solitude aud darkness. ITEMS FE0M FAR AND NEAS The Minor tin|,-„>,,Inn„ of Ihe Duy lu All I'nrlM of the World—The Afteriiiuth of lhe Wnr—lluNint-NH FeulureH—Crliuev aud Aet-ldenlM— Fuels of Inter,-*!. Six counties in Georgia are under water i tlio result of the terrific storms of lust week. General Brooke is in command of American troops in Puerto Rico during the absence of General Miles. Tlie customs receipts at San Francisco in August were $507,273, the largest on record for any single month. The State of Kansas produced this year ono bushel of wheat for every man, woman and child in tlie United States. French papers hitherto hostile to Dreyfus ure now strenuously urging the French government to grunt him a new trial. Sixteen thousand dollars of hidden treasure, left by William II. Ferris, who died recently at Mount Vernon, N. Y., has been found. During the past four years the San Francisco mint coined 1153,697,834, of width .1125,(100,000 was gold of Pad Ho coast production. The present population of the United States exceeds that of Germany by about 22,000,000, and that of Great Britain by 31,000,000. Tiie population of Palestine is increasing rapidly. Ten years ago there were only 15.000 residents in Julia. Todiy there are nearly 00,000. Dawson City now has two newspapers —The Yukon Midnight Sun and the Klondike Nugget. Both nre weeklies and aro sold at 50 cents per copy, Col. T. C, Tupper, a veteran of the civil and Indian wars, is dead in Cleveland, O. lie fought in forty-seven buttles, and was never wounded. The Spanish officials at Havana have required Miss Clura Burton to pay duties und lines upon Red Cross supplies which she took to Hint port. An insurgent hospitul hus heen established ou the outskirts of Havana City, where Cuban and Spanish soldiers meet on the most friendly terms. Policeninn John Bootheny of New York rescued from drowning twelve young men who were thrown into tlie wuter by the breaking of a gang plunk. An interesting point regarding the black plague in India is its increasing virulence—from 55 per cent of fatal cases in the first week of April to 81) per cent live weeks later. An historic landmark in Railway, N. J., the Bridge street bridge, over which General Lafayette rode into tlie old town, is being torn away to give place to a now structure. Philadelphia physicians are greatly interested in the ease of Hurry Gibson, who lived for weeks nfter his useendiug jugular vein was severed. General Poluvieja, who is regarded as tlie possible dictator of Spain, says thc Spanish people are thoroughly disgusted with llie present leaders. Superintendent Andrews of the Chicago schools proposes teaching Spanish to enable the boys who so desire to lit themselves for business in our new territories. Chinese and Japanese merchants have been defrauding lhe British Columbian customs department out of thousands of dollars with double sets of invoices. An excursion train returning from Sun Sebastian to Bordeaux, France, was surrounded by flames in a burning forest, and had a narrow escape from destruction. Explorer Lerncr's expedition in search of Andree, the missing arctic aeronaut, hns returned to llummerft'st, without having found any truces of the balloon or its occupants. Tho United Stutes gunboat Nashville received the first news of the signing of the peace protocol from tho Spanish cruiser Infanta Isabel, which put into Gibara, on tlie north const of Santiago province, Cuba, when the Nashville was lying there. Many of the big milk dealers who supply New- Y'ork, Philadelphia and seaside resorts are snid to be using chemicals to keep thc milk sweet, and these preservatives are pronounced very injurious, particularly to children and invalids. Among the passengers of the auxiliary cruiser Resolute, just arrived nt Mon- tnuk point, Long Island, from Suntiugo, uro the marines who made the first landing in Cuba, at Guantanamo bay, and held Fort McCalla against the repeated attacks of the Spaniards, Georgia's cotton crop will be 10 to 20 per cent short over last year. Gen. Blanco has ordered thc liberation of 144 Cuban political prisoners from the Isle of Pines. Huntsville, Ark., is to have the largest military camp in the south, with nearly 40,000 soldiers. A Pacilic Express Company's wagon safe was looted of .fOOOO on the street ct Omaha, Neb. Indians lired upon a boat on the Yukon river, in Alaska, and killed one prospector and wounded another. South Dakota supreme court has decided adversely to the stute law requiring drummers to lake out licenses. About 20,000 English ships entered tho nineteen free harbors of China in ISOfl. They carried only English goods. Tlio nnnual statement of the Philadelphia board of revision of taxes shows nn increase of 5120,000,000 of taxable property over last year. Miss Helen Could, daughter of thc late Jay Gould, has given $25,000 to buy food and delicacies for Bick soldiers returned from Santiago. Gen. Wood has arranged to have all nf the schools in Santiago opened on September 15. The element of sectarianism has been abolished. Five hundred Cubans are said lo have becn killed or wounded in engagements with Spaniards since the signing of the peace protocol. Crops have failed in six provinces of Russia, where great distress prevails, even the landed gentry appealing to the government for relief. George V. Anderson has been arrested at Washington for fraudulently impersonating a pension bureau officer in Maryland. Many people In Brooklyn, Mass., recently pnid $2.50 each for painted spur- rows on tlie representation thnt wore canaries. Pension Commissioner Evans has issued an order prohibiting the sending of ptnsion checks to "general delivery" in postofiii-e-i. There is a state movement in Kentucky to provide a Bible for every ollicer and man on the new battleship named after tliat state. A Manila dispatch says it is reported that tho religious orders of the Philip pines arc selling their property to a Hong Kong syndicate. At (liferent times last week three men were instantly killed and cut to pieces hy a shifting engine at the Phoenix iron works, Pittsburg, Pa. Tho Spanish government authorities state that since the beginning of thc sixteenth century their country has lost 000 war vessels in action. Three persons are seriously HI in New Y'ork as the result of drinking poisoned whisky which hud been sent them by an unknown person. Emile Zola will come to this country next month and deliver lectures on art, literature and on Dreyfus, the innocent, prisoner on Devil's island. 'The United States signal corps at Manila reports that telegraphic communication has been opened between that city und the Viscayus islands. The Spanish government has published a decree calling to anus 109,000 men, out of whom 30,000 are for the colonies, presumably for thc Philippines. The Illinois Manufacturers' Association is collecting evidence against several leading express companies, which arc alleged to have formed a combination in restraint of trade. The trip of the Monterey to the Philippines demonstrates that with good weather this class of vessel muy, with her own steam and a tow, cross the Pacific ocean. ALL ABOUND MARKET REPORT Wheat Quotation!, Wool Flnnrea, and the Price ot Produce. Following are the Spokane quotations. Wholesale prices are given unless other wise quoted: Wheat at the warehouse—Country points: Club, hulk 40c, sacked 41c; bluestem, bulk 42c, sacked 43c. At Spokane: Club, bulk 43e, sacked 45c; blue- stem, bulk 44c, sacked 40c. Outs—At Spokane, f. 0. b., $17 a ton. Barley—Country points, 1. 0. b., 70® 75c per cwt. Rye—Country points, f. 0. b., 70c per cwt. Flour, per barrel—Gold Drop, $4; Big Loaf, $4.40; Banner, $3.75; Plansifter, $4.25; Superb, $4; Spokane, $3.75; Swan Patent, $4.40; Snowflake, $4; White Lily, $3.75; whole wheat, $4.25; rye, $5; graham, $4. Feed—Bran and shorts, $11 per ton; shorts, $12; bran, $10; rolled barley, $20; chicken feed, $15@20. Hay—Timothy, $8 per ton; baled timothy, $10; wheat hay, *7.60@8.50; *»1 hay, $7.50; alfalfa, $10, Eggs—Ranch, $4.50. Corn—Whole, $23; cracked, $24. Wool—FMne medium, 8@7c per lb; me dium, 5@0c per lb. Produce—Fancy creamery butter, 40 and 00-lb tubs, 25c per lb; 5, 10 and 20- lb tubs, 20c per lb; prints, 25c per lb; California butter, 26@20c Ih; Columbia butter, 24c; country butter in rolls, 13c per lb; cooking butter, 10c lb; eastern creamery, prints, 23c; cheese, twin, full cream, 12Jc lb; ranch eggs, $4.60@5; selected eggs, $0; honey, white comb, 13J@ 14c lb, funey, 15c per lb. Vegetables—Potatoes, 00@75c cwt.; cabbage, $1.75 per cwt; turnips, $1.25 per cwt; cucumbers, 75c per box; onions, $1.50 per cwt; beans, lj@13c per lb; carrots, $1.25 per cwt; beets, $1.25 per cwt. Poultry—Chickens, live weight, 10@llc lh; dressed, 12@13c; spring broilers, $3@ 3.50; turkeys, live ll@12c, dressed 12® 13c; spring ducks, dressed $4@4.50 doz; geese, live 10@llc, dressed 12@12Jc. Meats—Beef cows, live $2.50@2.75, dressed $5@5.50 cwt; steers, live $2.75@3, dressed $5.50@0; hogs, live $4.50@4.75, dressed $0@0.50; mutton, live 4@4je, dressed 7i@8c lb; dressed veal, 7@8c lb; lamb, 12.Jc wholesale. Portland, Or., Sept. 12—Wheat—Wnlln Wnlln, 57@58c; vulley and bluestem, 00c. The prices are forced above export values hy competition among millers and San Francisco buyers. Tacoma, Sept. 12.—Wheat—Receipts continue light, as farmers are not disposed lo sell. Quotations unchunged at 55c for club and 00c for bluestcm. Melala. San Francisco, Sept. 12.—Silver bars, OOjje. Mexican dollars, 4(ijc. Lead, $3.90. There Is more Catnrrli In thiB section of the country than nil other diseases put together, anil until the last few years was supposed to bo Incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced It a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling to cure with locul treatment, pronounced lt Incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F, J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, OI1I0, Is the only constitutional cure on the market. It ls taken Internally In doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acta directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it [ail:, to cure. Send for clrculurs and testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c, Hull's Family l'lllis aro thc best. The national hymns of China are of such extraordinary length that it is slated thut hulf u day would be required to sing them through. BT. HART'S HALI^-A BOARDING AND day school for girls. Primary, preparatory and academic course. Music, German, French, drawing, painting and elocution taught bj specialists. For information address I3W Pacilic Ave., Spokane, Wash. The United States and Germany are the only two great powers of the world that have no postal savings banks. CITS Permanently Cured. N o fl in or nervousnss ill* after first day's use or Dr. Kline's Greal Ncrvf .leNtorer. Send for FKKK flHB.00 trial bottle and treatise. DR. B. H. K.UW K, LUL, 8* Arch street, FbUadelphla, Pw The earliest autograph in existence is that of Richard II. PIso's Cure for Consumption Is the best of all cough cures.—Goorge W. LotE, Fabucher, La., August 2C, 1895. The elephant has 40,000 muscles in his trunk alone, while a man has only 577 in his entire body. Try Schilling's Best tea and baking powder. they MnmlerMon I'liu'l Serve. Omaha, Sept. 12.—A telegram received from General Manderson states that lie is unable to serve on the army investiga tion board and has so notified the pies ident. You might as well be safe in your tea-drinking, and enjoy it more besides. Try Schilling's Best—your money back if you don't like it. ia EMPRESS OP AUSTRIA SLAIN. A. Freiicli-Iffillnn Stiihn Hie Aunlrlnii lOiiiprt-HM tu tlie Henri lu the i il> uf (■eiievil-Suir-ii.one.il tu Ile un Aii- urehlMt. Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 10.—The empress of Austria wns ussusninuled at the Hotel lleau Kivage. this evening by an anarchist who waa arrested. He stabbed her majesty with a stiletto. It appears tliat her majesty was walking from her hotel to the landing place of the steamer at about I o'clock wheu an Italian anarchist suddenly appeared nnd stabbed her to the heart. She fell and was tarried to tho Hotel lieau Rivage. whero sho expired. The empress of Austria had been stopping at the Hotel lieau Rivage for several days. It was at first thought her wound was not serious, but sho died in a few minutes. Another account of the assassination of tho empress says that after having been stabbed from behind the empress rose and walked on board the steamer, when she fell fainting. Tho captain did not want to put from the quay, but did so at thc request of the empress and her suite, there being no apprehension that she was seriously hurt. The steamer was put back bofore leaving for the open lake, and the empress, unconscious, was carried to the hotel *.«n a stretcher. The murderer is named Luchoni. He was born in Paris of Italian parents. Tho Kmprcss Elizabeth Amelia Eugenia was born December 24, 1837. She was u daughter of the Duke Alaximillinn uf Bavaria und was married to Francis Joseph, emperor of Austria and king of Hungary, April 24, 1854. They bad throe children, the Arch- Duchess Qissola. who is married to Prince Lultpold of Itavuria; the Arcli-Duko Rudolph, who married Princess Stephanie of Belgium, and who was, seemingly, assassinated in 1889; and tho Areh-Duchess Maria Valeria, who married the Arch- Duke Franz Salvato, of Austria-Tuscany. MIleH AMHertH lilniHelf. New York, Sept. 12.—A dispatch to the Press from Camp Wikoil' says: Under peremptory orders from General Miles preparations arc being made to break up this oamp at oneo by sending home all the soldiers here. This is contrary to what nas been tlie understanding of the ollicers in command. General Shafter said last week that 0000 or 7000 men would be kept here, at least until October, and this was supposed lo bo the older of Secretary Alger. An ollicer said today when General Miles' orders came a telegram was sent him saying lhat such orders were contrary to Secretary Alger's orders, and Miles replied: "Never mind what Alger says; I am in command now." That of course settled it so far as the ollicers here are concerned, and unless General Miles' orders arc countermanded —next week will see the practical end of Camp Wikolf. Mill Protect Sun In. Madrid, Sept. 12.—The French ambassador at Washington, Cainbon, who has heen acting for Spain in the peace negotiations, has cabled the government the American reply to the Spanish protest against the hostilities on the part of the insurgents in the Philippines in spite of the peace protocol. The United States promises to send envoys to induce the TogJilos to respect the suspension of hostilities ami to prevent vessels leaving Manila with insurgents having the intention of propagating insurrection iu other islands. Moiitreul to Hnve* IMcyclc Raced. Montreal, Sept, 12.—A private cablegram received from Vienna hy Consul. Rattray stales that Montreal's representatives have received the world's bicycle meet for next year. 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