The Greenwood Miner
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2015-11-30
issued: 1899-07-28
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note: THE GREENWOOD MINER 5 Vol. 1, No. 26. GREENWOOD, B. C, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1899. $200 Pei Tear. MARTIN BOWLED OUT His Exciting Ministerial Career Cut Short. Cotton Carries the Caucus all His Way���Fighting Joe Deserted by His Followers but Will Fight to a Finish. Special to the Miner. Vancouver, B. C, July 27.���Attorney- General Martin has resigned to-day. YV. W. B. Mclnnes, M. P., son of the Lieutenant-Governor, is said to be his probable successor. At the Government caucus last night in Victoria, Martin stood practically alone. Only three of the Government supporters in the Legislature were absent from the meeting. Hot passages occurred between Cotton and Semlin on one side and Martin on the other. When the meeting opened Martin had six on his side. The whole of the Government's policy was discussed. Cotton urged that if they divided as now shown, the Government must go to smash. The six followers of Martin then deserted hjm, fearing a general election and its attendant risk. Martin took his defeat calmly, and says he will fight to the end. [Tlie above is an historic dispatch, or will become so. It is the first telegraphic press dispatch to be received in Greenwood, and contains very important news. A private dispatch to the editor states that an entirely new deal is on. Particulars are not available yet, and may not be for some days. The outcome of the caucus is very much as anticipated. Martin is out of office, but not dead by any means.���Ed.] ADDITIONAL LOCALS. \ F. Lewin, of the Bank of B. N. A., has been removed to the hospital, suffering from a low fever. Matt, the foreman of the rock cutting on the Deadwood branch line of the C. P. R., has had a 8Q0-1I). blast of powder ready to shoot for some days. At the first trial the fuse burned out, and Matt is now waiting for a convenieut opportunity to surprise the town. G. A. McNaughton, Huntingdon, Que., who traveled West with the Grandby smelter people, is in Greenwood. A large force of men are at work on the Cari…
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Greenwood (B.C.)
spatial: Greenwood
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0081916
language: English
lat: 49.0883330
long: -118.6763890
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Greenwood, B.C. : The Greenwood Miner Printing Company
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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