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VOLUME I. NUMBER 44 LADYSMITH STANDARD LADYSMITH; BRITISH COLUMBIA) WEDNESDAY J. A. BLAIR. JAS. ADAM. * OLD COUNTRY SAMPLES We have bought a Traveller's-full outfit of Samples of an English houso, ond wo ollor you some ruse VALUES nt HALF THIS REGULAR PRICE. Tho Lino consists of- WHITE and COLORED QUIlVl'S, TOWELS, SHEETS, SOX, STOCKINGS, SUSPENDERS, MEN'S UNDERWEAR, ETC. ELECTRIC LIGHT CANVASS* REPORT 19081 SOCIAL SEMI-WEEKLY -♦"♦- Coiistoble Callander Finishes His Wont and Itepoits That Seventeen Hundred Lights are Required. , WILL DE ON SALE THURSDAY MORN/NO. 44 _ f.iT!,'0„"Xth-,regu'a1' m,xtinS ot the better go quietly about the matter, City Council wus held in the „City ami ho seconded Aid. Brown's mo- Hall on Monday evening. In tho tion which wus then put „u,| carried. Aid. Accounts totalling about S700.00 Successful Entertainment in Oddfellows' Hull on Saturday Evening', RUNAWAY ON FIRST AVENUE JJESTKUCTIU.-I WROUGHT UYi FLOODS The, lucul lodge ot tlio U.A.O.D., assisted by tlio lady uieuibei-B ol lho circle, gave a must successful suciul on Saturday evening in tne odu L-'el- low's Hall, Tlio uccuiuuUaliun i. the . a. — — ijafj"™" i""- """ cuiTieu. Hall wus taxed tu its utmost oupu- absonco of Mayor Nicholson, Aid. Accounts totalling about §700.00 city, and u most enjoyable evening Mattcson presided, and thore wore were presented anil referred to the vvu8 pnssod, Tlie Uruius ure getting Campbell, Haworth, Finance Committee to lie paid if qUn9 a namB tor their suciul gather- found, correct. mSs, und certainly tout of Saturday 2*ic a yawl. A COME EARLY. New Mattings—All Colors, and Reversible, i few Matting Ends, clearing ot IB cints a yard. BLAIR & ADAM, IMPORTERS. ■*»%*%<«>*«BJlrav»^^^«>%%»»%<^a>% at« a> ^ < H present Aids. Roberts und Drown, . „»..«v.. A lottor was read from tho Tubor- ...Constable Callander reported that According to the Geographical sur- ■ 1 vey. Hoods cost people iu the United There wat another exciting run- [ at»t« •""> niu"1''«1 iuilUon dollttr» » away on Flrat Avenue about noon on year. The Munday. A team from Curinlcliael'e J culosis Society, of Victoria, stating he had concluded that us cunvuss of the evening wus thu best und must sue a business meeting was to bo town in connection with tho electric ttll excellent musical pi-ugi-ummo, hold on Friday, March ftth. A do- lighting scheme. In all he had got ,thel.u woro ull raamiei- of games for notion of S30 for a city of 1,000 in-'promises for 1700 lights. Of these the intervals, tlie guests were numer- haliitauts entitled the town to a re-, over 500 oessful tliey have yet held. There'wn: all excellent In all he had got .there were lights. Of these proscntutlvo, munication was were agreeable to pay a , On motion the com-'flat rate of-50 cents a light foi- a °U,' J.U"y'„ J ordered filed. 16 candle powcrlamn 'i*„ ,1°Vi.! *"lcl '' . u" and appreoiaitlve, uud to the ludk-s provided I-- ,.u..., .amp. l-no remain-spr0ud in the banquet hall good en- A letter was read from Kilburn & der wanted tho meter system and olu,j, ,-„,. a banquet. Clark', of Seattle, asking for figures, woro not prepared to pay a flat rate: The musical pi-ogramme in itself, regarding tho oloctric lighting plant of 50 cents a -light. With a lessor wus a ,,[m. lm,t. idrSi jiUtlor, her the city was contemplating install- rate ho could have got another 100 duughoer, Mis. lloid, und a friend, ing, as thoy would liko to submit an j lights. In all lie found only 22 Mr. Uobbio, ull uf Victoria, wcro estimate. On motion it was ordered 'houses where they did not want the Ilhia,„t „,„i ,, ..:....., .. Died for ti.H.Kn ™'» '" ' ' liAiiV-».,a\,_,_,—,eV,a\, _,4»aaiit_—au—a__*♦_—_«*_——am__—t_daaA ToBeSoldFot'"M9Xt""'yt 830 Pairs of LRCKIE'S Famous MINING SHOES at $3.00 BICKLE'S All Other Roods in. Proportion Only at AM. Brown explained that at ter down Bulier Street, would ?■■-■-'-■-■»■-'-■-■-■»■-■»■-■« II sitifiej | |i,i,i,,,,, The Fishing Season will soon nro here. Good Tackle Makes Good Fishermen ♦ I HAVE THE APPLIANCE* AS WELL AS THE ABILITY to mnko or repair anv part of your Watch, bo it English, Swiss, American, or anv othor ■mike. 4. Why? nocauso I havo stud- 4- [oil tho Watch from both a + Scientific and Practical View. T "nd understand tho principals All work guaranteed. I*rlces In accordance with first-class Workmanship. P. G. NOOT f EXPERT WATCHMAKER, •f- Horoliigicnl Inst., Toronto. ♦+♦+++♦♦+♦++♦» H + m ♦'] MY 42ND BIRTHDAY. fllod for futui-o roferonco. A letter was also read from Night- watchman O'Connell in which he ask- od for an advance of ti a month. Tho merchants wore complaining that times woro dull nnd they could not afford to pay him .what thoy had been doling. (in tho suggestion of Aid. Matheson, tho request was laid over for one week. On behalf of the Sanitary Committee Aid. Brown e ' the last mooting of the Council it had been agreed that they would mako a tour of inspection round tho city. However, the weather had been so wot and Inclement that they had not found it possible to go round. The Sanitary Inspector reported that Mr. A. McMui-trio was complaining of the dirty water lhat was running on to his property from Cop- tain Colllstor's houses. Similar complaints had been mado last year but tho ovll had not been remedied, There wore other houses in tlie town ninny of thom, in which dirty water was flowing on to the soreets. Tho sum- mer -was coming on nnd bail smells would bo generated. Something otight to be done - in tlie matter, and ho moved that tho report he received and acted on. Aid.. Haworth did not see thnt thore was. anything to bo gained by acting on this pnrticulnr case. There wcre hundreds of places In tho town In similar plight nnd .„ —_ — ........ .— present and their contributions great lights at any price. Uy ciihuncod tlio musical part ol the On motion the report was ordered entertainment. Mrs. Butlers singing filed for future reference. Ijs too well knuwn tu cull fur enm^ Road Foreman Callandar reported mont. suffice it to suy that liei that the ditch ut Hicklo's corner was'voice is us good us over, and no one .a nuisance. He could not keep it who was present on Saturday liveu- 1 clean, ln the lust two months ovcr |ng „ill forget her line rendering of ton dollars hud boon spent in clean-|..jly Aln Folk." ■. Air. Dobbio excels ing it out, ami it was just us bud us jn comic sungs mill he brought down ever now again. Ho suggested thnt the house with two of his humorous a cut off, which would turn tho wa- mn,i,„.im,rC -i- •-- - pav (or itself Aid. Campbell did not think would cost very much to carry Constable Oallandar's suggestion, renderings. s°°". "Annie Lauri Tlie ranch had been louded up with hay and feed ut Russell's Storo, und the driver was just going to give the horses a feed when they bolted. They buro away obliquely across the Avenue and swept the H, & W, butcher market with une wheel on tlie embankment. Uf course the inevitable happened and the whole luud wus dumped ou the street between Peter- sun's and the O. K. lunch counter. Freed or their loud tlie horses ran mure madly thun ever und from liic- kle's corner to the Now Western tliey just grazed the telephone poles. Then tliey bi-uuchod uut into tlie middle of tho road nnd swept along until thoy were brought up near tho Columbia Hotel. Fortunately no one was hurt und nu damage wus 'dono. and the driver mude up his luud again and druve ull tu the ranch. 1 TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD JJirtle, Man., Mu. 2.-U. H. Row- croft, a prominent Knglish farmer, of this place, committed suicide yesterday by shooting! himself with rifle. He hod been Hi for some time and had become despondent. His wife and family reside in England. 1 Mudison, Wis., Mar. 2.—The Wisconsin railroad commission has dismissed a complaint against the use of gasoline motor cars on the Illinois Central railroad. The corn- to look- after. -Aid. Brown seconded and the motion curried. Aid. Matheson then reviewed ut somo length tlie proceedings at the Municipal Convention; a report of which has already appeared in tlie nows columns uf the Stundard. In regard to the pool of water which Aid. McKinnell. had reported at the lust meeting, of the Council, as being u danger to young children, Aid. Matheson snld tiiat Mayor Nicholson had nskotl liim to inform the Council that owing to various reasons, ho, (Mayor Nicholson) had been unablo to attend to it us he had < promised. However, ho ex|iectetl to iiuve more time this week and would look into it. Aid. llrown said the mutter really tlecdod something being done. It ____________________ one man was'would require a ditch aiiout 30 no lictter than another. Ho did not 'yards long. However, it could bo see .what thov could do in the mat-. loft to Mayor Nicholson, to look after except put In a sower system. 'tor. There boing no further business ""' Campbell thought thoy had the Council adjourned. trio "Flora" and _____________________ which Mesdames Butler und Reid, and lie sung wero "-'also greatly- appreciated, und ussur- _amasss_BS»_Sjej*. '' odly tliey would alono mako tho sue- plaint wat madt on the ground that .... ....««.„ auggvauun, cess 0f any entei-tuininent. and he moved it be left in liis hands, u„t th0J.u were other good items in the programme, notably Mr. Cart- wright's soio on the English concer- tinui Mr. Thick's playing cf the auto-harp, and Mr. 11. Hughes singing. P. Burke also gave in his own inimi- received a tublc style, "The Hat My Father the motor wae dangerout and inadequate as a means of locomotion Aid. THE KIND WE WANT. iu order to get in touch with Parlshionert, bla Dotrolt, Mar. 3.—i'orty-elght *| The recent discovery of Jewell in solid Michigan farmers with 7 * the Vulley of the Tombs of the cm-loads of stock and effects, "Kings, Egypt, may prove that Sete have left for western Canada, •.", »« the l'haroali of the Exodus, under direction of Canadian Oo- • mul uut Riuncses II. vernment Agent Mclnnls. • aaaaaeataeeeaeaat West Ham, ling., guardians do- ♦ cided to supply tramps who tore up THE WORLD IN BRIEF ; their clothes with canvat suits, aiuendiutnt that thsy bt lined with Wore," and Mr. Loinun's mus cal account of "l'addy and the Rupe " was also vastly enjoyed. The programme in full -was as follows: ■F, Thick—Solo on Auto Harp. Miss Armstrong—Song. Mrs. Butler and Mr. Dobbio—Humorous Duett. .1. Cartwright— Concertina Solo. Mi-. L. Mulholland—lliimorulis reading in Cumberland dialect. Mrs. Purrott—Song. Mr. P. Burke—'Song, Mr. Jas. Fielding—(Irninaphoiio selection. Mr. Dobbie—Song. Mr. Debbs—Song. .Ino. Dunsmuir—Song. Miss Nicklin—Song. Mrs. Uutlor, Mrs. Reid, Mr bio—Trio Dob- Mr. H. Hughes—Sung. Miss Russ—Dunce, Highland Fling Mr. Wm. Lotnon—Song. ! Mrs. Butler—Song. Mr. .las. Biiteman presided ably over the proceedings and thing - WE HAVE PLIES THAT WILL ORAW TROUT LIKE A MAGNET. HODS THAT WILL HOLD ANYTHING THAT SWIMS. COME ANB LOOK AT OUR STOCK FRESH SHIPMENTS ICVERY DAY LADY8MITH Limited. «>«■.*«><>«>%«>%%»%♦»»»«>«>«»»+ FOR CHOICE CUTS. —ami— KINKHT HOME CURED HAM AND BACON, —t^JX AT Phone 7-0. (Fred. A. Busse.) Fred A. Butte, the present mayor of Chicago, wat horn In that city, March 3, 1800, and received hit education in the public schools. At nn early age he showed gnat aptitude for business ond before ht wat 80, wat -veil on the road to financial success. His principal Internals were In the transfer and coal business, which he conducted on a large scale. Becoming Interested In the Republican (political party of tho city he was elected deputy sheriff, titer serving one term at a court bailiff. In 1890 he was sent to the Illinois legislature and two years later was re-elected, As a reward for his work In ths logislatura he was oloclcd state treasurer on thc Republican ticket. President Roosevelt, In 1B0S, placed him at the head of the Chicago post office, which position hs held until elected to tht mayor's office. 4 lioorgo Meredith, the novelist, is unUnel being lost. 80 yeart old. I — Mark Twain hat returned from Ber muda, benoOted in health. 4«Vaya>*%*%%«ya>% %«>%%«>%%%%^ NEW YORK, March 8. - Lnwson 'Hobtrtton, of tho Irish American Athletic Club, won the sixty yard Invitation raco nt tho sixty-ninth regiment garnet in Madison Snnaro garden laat night, defeating Dan Kelly. Th. Western sprinter led for half the distance, but Robertson nut- ran him towards the finish, and ended tho race nearly s yard ahead. Tho timo wns givtn out ns seven toconds, but this was disputed. Tho measurement of tho course hns revealed tho fact thnt It was flvo yards ortr distance, nnd that Robertson's thnt wat really about fl ll-li seconds. THE FRENCH WAR. Paris, Mar. 8.—The cabinet today voted formally to send four thousand additional soldiers to Morocco to continue the aggressive policy of the government In that country and rolieve the troops who wore out In the rocont lighting with the Moors. Parliament will be ask • ed to appropriate the sum tf 0500,000 for genoral relief at * Morocco. MANY FRENCH KILLED. • Perls, Mnr. 8.—Advices from • Gen. liomndo, the commander of * tho French forces In Morocco, * report thnt after the recent on. * gnueiiienl with the Madrakro • tribesmen, In which a large * number of French woro killed or • wuiindcd, the troops contlnuod * tholr nrnrch, completely travort- * Ing the Mndrnkre region and * penetrating for some dlttnnco • hoyoml. They encountered no * resistance. • The Wcttern PuclQc railway has decided to use electricity for motive power. Tho new Portuguese king tptaks English, French, Spanish and Italian perfectly. Two thousand Italian citizens hold a mass meeting in New York to do- vlss means to ffgbt tho Black Hand society. A national congress of mothers is to be held In Wathlngton thit month and President Hooeovelt will ad dress ths body at tho White House March 10. Peter Toomey and George Molluy, two waiters of Now York, each 110 yeart of age, committed suicide In Toomey's room Ky Inhaling gas A writ of orror , has been granted In tho cnso of Rov. Dr. Kaye, of Oak Park, III., sentenced for counterfeiting and he haa been admitted to ball. The United States senate passed a bill providing for the participation by tho United States In tho Alaska- Yukon exposition at Seattle, Wash., In 1000. Before a man was sentenced for fraud at the Middlesex sessions, It was stated that the Indictment comprised 11 fteen counts and was twenty feet long. Rov. T. W. not-only, recently. Instituted at Parr, Lancaster, hat worked for a day In the ooal mines NOTICE m kulir MccttH of Ike cwifmciiieMl leii-M Ii an Ml Timrnw mi- TlinliR, Mirck 9, M 7.3* «.wtsnxtrt-.fij A Chatham, Eug., mother discovered a cat ueloop on tht fact of hur infant daughter, On pulling the animal off the child waa discovered to be dead from tuffocation. Gov. Hughes, of New York, announced at a national guard dinner in Albany that hs would not under any consideration lie a candidate for a second term as governor. St. Andrew's church, llford, Eng., has been broken Into by thieves and completely ransacked, tht offertory liuM-s being emptied nnd tho valuable altar crests being taken. "Driinkennoss among married wo man In town," sayt tht Grimsby, Eng., ttlpendlary, "It greatly on II increase. Even wornon with good homes were regularly before me." A mooting of tho t'ust Ham, l-'.ng., council was broken up recently, nil thott present being taktn with violent attacks of sneezing. Someone hnd Hprlnkleil snuff on tho floor. Business wns suspended througliiinl the town on tho burial of .loshlali Wooldrldge, who had been a preacher In the Primitive Methodist church at Slough, Ire., for 10 yeart. Tho twtntieth aniilveiiitry of thc Constitution Day waa observed at Toklo us a national holiday. Tho emperor entertained at lunohuun the chiefs of foreign missions in the palace. The ro eiiuctuiont of tht Burton law gowning tht disposition ol the waters of Niagara Falls, It opposed at Washington on thc ground that it la a distinct advantage to I'nnii dlant. A steamer Is preparing nt Dundee to engage In thlpplng live salmon from Labrador to the west of Scot- laud, It Is estimated she will take thirty tons of lish each trip, Mrs. Lillian A. Barrows, of Plymouth, Mass., has been granted n divorce from her husband, Ernest, now of Toronto, because ht burned hor with a llshted rlgtr every night after dinner. very Was .wanting to lhe evening's enjoyment. The hulk uf the work, ol' tii-riuigciiiont had fallen to the ladies and the. Now York, Mar. 2.—The New York and Port Erie Steamship Company wireless message today announcing that its passenger steamer Coame is ashore on tho coast near New York, but the message did not disclose the oxact location. The t'onme was bound fur New York from Porto Rico. ♦ Winnipeg, Man., Mor. 2.—A series of mysterious mall robberies covering a period of two and a half months is being investigated by the officials of the Winnipeg post office, and the Postal departments, It has leaked out that a great deal of the registered mail leaving Winnipeg for Loudon, Eng., since the middle of December has been tampered with, and considerable money extracted. ——♦ New York, Mar. 2.—The Rev. Jas. Byrnes, pastor of St. Patrick's church, Staten Island, who was mere menace of theso iiuuds prevents the development of thousands uf suuure miles of otherwise valuable property and limits tht usefulness of a far greater area, wiiile thu turreuts themselves each year obliterate enormous values and bring to naught the toiisoine work uf many people. A great flood is above ull things, a tourct of watt* —as u rule, of needless waste— the damage to property, trade and public comfort—ure familiar, lorclng themselves into recognition with every recurrence of flood stages by tbe interruption of business aud ths immense expenditures required to . restore normal conditions; but other elements are unfamiliar and remain quite forgotten. The greatest item of loss connected with floods, that which is tbt farthest reaching and of widest tcope is the waste of the water itself. A very conservative estimate ol the value of this water ls needed urgently to augment the How ol the streams in timet of drought. Ii the flood water of the streams of the United States could be stored lor future use, it would be worth to tha people of the country flvt hundred million dollars annually. » „ , LEGISLATURE PROCEEDINGS. thrown from his carriage whilo dri ing last Tuesday, diod last night .-i-taiiily proved them-1 from his injuries at the church rec- —i equal to It. Rarely Lory bus there been such n lurge attend-' *- *" nnco in the hall und seldom indeed lias an evening passed oil more successfully. A MALE VOICE CHOIR. Mr. J. M. Morgan, of Victoria, is endeavoring to make ui-rungouioiits lu start a mule voice choir hero. Air. Morgan made a uutioiml reputation for himself as a choir master in the uld country. Ho wus conductor of lho celebrated Rosolveu male voice choir, the premier orga- iii/atiun of the kind iu the United Kingdom. This fact alone is sufficient lo establish his genius for clioral conducting, and it was only the failure uf his health thut causod him tu leave Wales. Hero he hue found a virgin hold for the exercise of his abilities. Thero tire here and there a uiodlocro glee club, but oi male voice choirs proper there is none. Mr. Morgan has Murted one in Victoria, and it is iu conjunction with it that he wauls to organize one horo. Both could bo trained al tho same time, and milted (or concert and touring purposes. | | I.i If Ills plans carry Mr. Mot'giln will also be prepared to give lessons in singing and voice production, lias hud great OXporioncs lu tho ( teaching, und hns achieved must satisfactory results. lie art the CHANCE TO OWN A TOWN. St. Ignore, Mich., Mar. 8.— Any porson possessing a desire to own it town, couplet! with tho necessary hundred thousand dollars or so. to make the purchase', has the opportunity lo satisfy his -want todny nt lho town of Marlborough, near this liy. Thu ontlro town, which represents the remains of a disastrous project of eastern capitalists to mako I'oniont and dollars out of the vast lepnslts of marl in this vicinity, Is In go under the hummer nt recetv- ir'l sine. Moro than one million dollars wns oxpondod on the project. In addition to the remains of tlio VII lege, the sale lllt-ludos several mil hlmrv plants, n railroad and thtu Riiniht of neres of land. Calgary, Mar; 2.—Gait and Hatch: two evangelists from Boston, opened their services yesterday in a local church. Followers of evangelistic services say they proved a great dis ulfpolntment after the work of the famous Crossley and Hunter. Gale cuts out absolutely every sensational feature which his hearers were look ing for, and drives homo arguments by reasoning, which hardly takes the western audiences. They will hold meetings nightly for one month, and stato they will have thousands of souls in that that. • ^f^~_~ Calgary, Mar. 2.—The secretary of the Calgary Tennis Club has recoil- ed a letter from the Olympic author lties at Ottawa, asking the names of suitable candidates for representatives on the Canadian four. R. T. Beard and Wm.'Telle wcre chosen. ♦ I'liltimorc, Mar. 2.—Frolorlck K. George and Harry Tucker woro killed yesterday by an express train on lhe 11. & O. railway, the former losing his life in an effort to save the latter. Tho two mon with a companion had takon to the railroad tracks as a short cut to their homes and had stepped from ono track to anothor to got out of tho way of a freight train that wus approaching from in front of them. Soon after, on looking back, for Tucker who had fallon to tho rear, George saw an express train approaching rapidly, He ran beck yelling a warning to Tucker, but seems not to hnvo been understood and both wcre struck and instantly killed. London, Mar. 2.—Charles Schwab, who sailed for America Saturday, introduced a new fashion In evening dress that caused considerable comment. Evory evening he appeared In tho dining room wearing a dinner :acket, silk hat, white nee,; _\\ i' nnd tuncy vest, .lust think tf i white tie with a dinner Jet,, j It made the Johnnies from Mnyfalr gasp until thoy woro almost speechless, and "by Jove, yo know," gurgled one, "upon mo word, ho did have a silk hat, too. 1 saw H with my own eyes!" The Indlctmsnt ngnlnst Speaker Pole of tlie Massachusetts Houso of Depressntatlvts, charging him with ■.Muling the statutes by soliciting transportation below regular rotes, was quashed. (From our own Correspondent.) Victoria, Mar 2.—Ths announcement made I y the premier on Saturday afternoon that the differences between the provincial government and the G.T.P. had all bean settled, and that the company was about to begin construction Irom the Pacific terminus, has been received with great favor by all parties. It ls acknowledged that the McBride government made an excellent deal with the G.T.P. under the circumstances. and the ensuing construction at the present time Is of inestimable value to the province. Tho terms are most advantageous to the government and shows that throughout the long period of ntgo- tlons the premier gave way practically In no particular. The announcement madt by tbe premier atter the bill wat introduced that he wat assured by those interested on behalf ol tlie G.T.P. that Immediate construction would not be commenced unless the differences were settled, showed that the honor for immediate construction goes to the premier. Tho bill passed its Ant reading on Saturday. On the Civil Service Bill debet* Parker Wllliamt opposed tht prlad- ple of superannuation unless It wore made to apply to alt classes ot the community. He could tee no reason why civil servants should be given the privilege alono. He moved an amendment expressing that principle. Tht debnte was adjourned on motion of Mr. Oliver. A number of bills woro advanced a stage during the sitting. 1 KELOWNA VS. UNITED SUNDAY. Tho Nanalnioi United have a good football match ahead for Sunday next. The Kelowna team, champions of the Okanagan, ihaa arranged to play hero during tholr trip to tho coast. The Kelowna team arrives at Vancouver on Thursday, play at Victoria Saturday, hero on Sunday, go to Vancouver on Monday and moot tho Shamrocks of that city on Thursday the 12th, and wind up by meeting the Rovers of Westminster on Saturday tho 1-lth. Tht visiting team Is snld to ho on a ,pnr with the const loams, nnd should give tho local hoys a run for their money. As lt ls expected the boat will stay over to accommodate the Island mombers of the football team I supporters, tho Nanaimo players will all be back on Saturday night. The game will alto provt splendid practise for the match a- galnst Ladysmith on ths 14th. 1 ECHO OF THE PATRICK CASE. New YORK, Mar. 2.-An echo of tht famous Patrick cats wat heard In the supremo court today, when the cnso of David L. Short nnd Mor charged with perjury tnd >ts culled lor trial. Short Is charged with having drawn up and attested a fraudulent will, disposing nf th. property ol millionaire Wm. M. Rlre of Texts, for whose al- logcd murder Albert T. Patrick It now serving a life term In Sing Sing. Meyers wat a law clerk In .. Patrick's ofllco who witnessed the Four first in Philadelphia ono day' signature purporting to bs that ol last wook, all burning at tho sumo R|c. 0n the will. The charges have timo, causod damage ostlmntod at been pending lor stvtn ytart, and About 38 persons wcro now for tho Bret time thore Is a prot (the caso of 1 i ^; Meyers, i pery, was $200,00fj Irlvon from thslr homes and forced |ITCi thnt tho cntt will lie nnallydlt- posed of. tn seek shelter from a snowstorm. CONSULT ME If You Require Any DEEDS, WILLS, MORTGAGES, LEASES AGREEMENTS Drawn Or if You Require Any INSURANCE Whether. FIRE, LIFE, ' ACCIDENT, MARINE, PLATE GLASS Or II You Want to Buy a HOUSE, or 1*11 Ont; or If You Want FARM or FRUIT tsANDS. JOHN STEWART Metal- V-SaUt, Conveyancer. LADYSMITH, B.0. Ladys, tnith Semi- Stan Published ou Wednesdays auu uatur- days Aitui-iiouns by ths JLADYSMtTH PUBLISHING CO. ' Robt. li. Hindmarch, ' Manager. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. Out Ktur »1.50 ,t.A otufiiut 7a uveffialu. Ivatflt ou Application. LIGHTS. Tht report of Constable Cullandur regarding his canvast of the town iu connection with thc proposed lighting scheme, coo only be regarded as decidedly satisfactory, la all seventeen hundred lights wero asked ior, which is certainly a much larger number than even the most suu- guine expected. Of this number only- SOU wero contracted for at aflat rate of io cents a light of 16 c.p. per month, the remaining 1,200 bs- i ing in favor of tho meter rate system. Constable Calendar thought that at a reduced rate another hundred lights would be required, and in the whole city only twenty-two houses had declared themselves against tht lights at any price. The first point that ia brought out in tht report is the fact that tbe lights for residential consumption will have to be installed on tht meter system. Even at SO cents a light, which it certainly a reasonable rate, there are not many people In tht town who could afford a flat monthly charge ot £2.60 or $3. Of counts all tht lights need not bt of 16 candle power, but at the very lowest estimate on this flat rate plan the cost of tne electric lighting would so far exceed that of coal oil that vory few people would take it. The exact conditions on -which to preserve a golden silence. The 'question of correct reporting, however, affects us at well as any other 'journal and we may be permitted. to| offer a few remarks. Mayor and Council of Nanaimo seem to be a-' greed that the account ot their meeting appearing in the two newspapers was incorrect, yet both journals, although differing in phraseology, gives substantially the same report of tht speeches at the meeting. So far as we are concerned, this fact alone would establish the accuracy of the reports, lt ls conceivable that a newspaper may for purposes of its own, deliberately mis represent the facts of a situation, also it is possible for a reporter to make a mistake, and the wonder Is that he does not make more. But it is hardly conceivable that two press men on different and rival papers, should make tho same mistake at the same time. It is much more probable that tho poor reporters are being made scapegoats for other people's mistakes and blunders. Thero are some speakers who never know what they want to say. Thero aro others who cannot express what they want to say. Others there are who always say more than tbey intended to say, and all alike are at all times ready to speak on any subject. Tho reporter has to make everything right, make the speeches readable, and correct the peculiar idioms of the speaker. He has at times to make sense out of a speech tile inner meaning of which Is known only to the Almighty. Seldom. Indeed, does he find a speaker who Is at all cureful to mako his meaning clear and prcciso. But tho looser and more obscure a speaker is, the readier he is to question a reporter's notes and accuse him of misrepresentation. Our colleagues in. Nanaimo are up against lt this time; but if they want their revenge, all they have to do Is to print one verbatim account of the proceedings of the council. Meantime, as in the beginning, so in the end, they have our sinccrest sympathy. EXPLOSION KILLS 78 MINERS MONTEHRY, Moxico, Feb. 20. - A despatch from Masquiz to the News. ,vs: Details of thu explo- sln r. site mine near San due.- ■' hies, received hore, in- dicate it was more disastrous than at ...at believed, 76 men being killed. The explosion occurred just ns preparations were being made to change shifts in what is known as Shaft No. 3, and n which most ot the laborers wcre Jain. Flre damp Is bollovod to have lieon the cause. : ♦ TICIiBGRAMS. TERSELY TOLD -«au_»t paper Publishers' Association, and editor or ths Staatt Zeltung of New York, called upon President Roosevelt aad Attorney General Bonaparte today in connection with the fight of his association upon the white paper trust. Mr. Rtdder submitted evidence to show tbat the paper trust is violating the Sherman anti-trust law. He took up the .question of repealing the duty on white paper and wood pulp from which paper is made. Some months ago the president told a committee from the publishers' association he favored a repeal of the duty. —. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 29. The British steamship Cardiff, Capt. Godwin, which sailed from Baltimore yesterday for Rotterdam, signalled as she turned the tall of the horseshoe in lower Chesapeak bay today that the captain had been shot and needed a surgeon. Further details are lacking. Lisbon, Feb. 29.—King Manuel to day issued a decree fixing March B as the date of the next general election, and another convoking the ro gular cortes April 28. At the same timo the decree issued by ex-Premier Franco for the re-organization of the House of Peers and giving tho new Chamber of Deputies constitutional powers are revoked. Franco's decree augmenting the civil list and liquidating the advances from the treasury to ths royal house, also have been annulled by the king. ...♦-■■ Denver, Feb. 29. — Gulsppl AUu, the slayer of Father Leo, pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder when arraigned ln the criminal court today. Judge Greely Whitmoro his trial for Honday, March 9. Peter Bessie was dismissed as interpreter in the case, on the charge that he Is a member of nn anarchistic organization. 4, _____________________________________ ___________CBm—SSsnEBC- CHAMPIONS WIN A GAME monstrated conclusively that the Es- Elther the home boys failed to l^!™"1'16?"'**re P^ng good foot, play up to form or 'the Victorians!, '' an? *bat they are «•% the put up a much better exhibition than ' ™", _' "*_ tw0 teama- !*elr win was expected at Oak Bay grounds on \tiTntl "'""T" Puts *>»» <™> Saturday, of course a clear two goal "B "W*' °n the ladder in the lea- victory is sufficiently satisfactory, s*uo standing, and gives them a light but tho point Is that the Y.M.C.A. 'ng chance to tio with both tho Na eleven ran the champions out to the "eimo and Ladysmith teams. The last minute. However, all Is now team played splendid football all serene for the great game on March through the game, showed spurts at 14th. By the time that day. appro- tunes that proves that they have the aches excitement ln both towns will material of championship calibre und be at fever height and a record gave an all-round exhibition of crowd may be expeoted. All that bruiny play on both defence and at every good sport desires Is a line back that will tako a lot of beating day, a square deal, and tho best-and that looks as though it might team win. take the measure of the leaders oe- Of the match on Saturday tho Vic- 'ore the season ends, toria Colonist gives the following lllo J. B. A, A. aggregation start- account :— ,ea °" as though thoy intended to in- In the game between tho champion "I™"0 ,tho Nav»l City ropreeouta- Ladysmith team and tho Y. M. C.A. "™ a™ BmreA the first two goals tho locals showed better form than' " 'eSB '"""> ten minutes. 'The pace at any time this season, and It was J_* •" wtts a 'ast one, in fact too i,»wi i.u.1. .i... .u„. aia „..» .i„ m.o 'est for thom to stand, and after WW* , !'1,ial *mt tlK* fa<1«l a«ay and failed to tally during tho rest ot the match, Esquimalt started after thom immediately after their opponents had scored the first two counters, und kept after them all through the game. At half time the score was 4-2 in their favor, and in the second poriod they added three others »••••>» >-«-***-«>-«.«^%»»ev»eyay«>%|g hard luck that they did not tie tho score in the second half when the referee awarded thom a penalty kick Many easy chances wore missed by the forwards when a counter seemed certain, and the forwards displayed an inability n., shoot straight that was disheartening. The Champions did not impress the spectators as being as strong a team as are the Nanaimo eleven, and will have to show greatly improved form over yesterday afternoon's performance when they meet tho Coal City representatives in Ladysmith March 14 or they -will get a severe drubbing. The team was the strongest that has represented Ladysmith [LATEST PHASES OF JAPANESE QUESTION. Teheran, Feb. 29.--A bomb exploded In a side street ol thit city ut on early hour this morning and killed two laborers. The occurrence created some excitement. There wot nothing to show any connection with the attempt yesterday afternoon A deputation proceeded to the palace thla morning and congratulated the Shah upon hla escape. Tonight tht city will bt illuminated at sign of rejoicing. VANCOUVER, Mar. 2.—For the first time In the history of the naturalization of hundreds of Japanese in British Columbia, objection was taken this morning, when a dozen applicants came before tho county court. E. A. Lucas, supposed to be appearing for the provincial govern- Intermediates Win. If the home Intermediates had plated the same kind of game against Victoria West as they did against the Wanderers on Saturday, there would have been another tale to tell about the championship, In ' the first half particularly, they showed better form than ever they have done this season and deserved lead than bigger they, hod at half time. But football is a game that nobody, not even a youngster can play without practice and training. Of the for wards, only Cloke and Simpson wero left with a.run ln them, Hughes, Callander and Miohiu being ail alike —played out. The Wanderers left- the field -with about ten minutes of the socond half to play. Thoy might not this year, and individually are probably stronger than the Nanaimo team —, jbut they lack the consistent aggressiveness of the latter cn the forward line, and their attack is marred by the selfishness of thoir players Adams in particular, their best performer, being prominent in tills respect. The playing conditions wore not of ths best, the day was cloudy, and a cold raw wind blew across the grounds, which wero wet and soggy. The footing was -very uncertain, aod a hard check meant a tumble of either one or both of the tacklors. The . ._ r._tf, „ „,.,,,„, I1Ql pigskin was olusivo and slippery, J have beon able to win in that time which probably had much to do with but certainty thoy looked like drawl the many fumbles which took place 'ng ovon. Thoy had the locals pluy. In the players attempts to shoot for ed out and in the latter portion of goal, and the poor execution of the second half, had much tho better nwnv -well started combination of the play. Rut, taking tho gamo plays on tlie port of all four teams, right through, the score fairly rep- After Ladysmith kicked off the lo- resented the gamo. It would serve cals rushed tho ball to the visitors' no purpose to go over tho plav of end and hod several shots on tho the game. Tho homo boys took un flags, but tho Ladysmith defence tho running from tho kick-off, and for ment, objected to the applications on "howod strength in blocking and re- pretty nearly tho wholo 45 minutes tha „.„.,.j it. . it. t liovod. Tho play was fast, and both "elu the visitors in tholr own half the ground that the Japanese were u,aln8 ^^ an inclination to mix A. Crosean must have stood for thlr' tubjects of the emperor ol Japan, it, closo chocking and hard body- ty minutos without ever touching the and not free to swear allegiance to chocking being features. Korchon'dls- ball. Whon lt did come ho ran out any foreign loverelgn, that thoy do til,KulBl»"- hil1""*1' >-.v making a pret. tai meet it and Dominic O'Connell nZ !„. ai ,a .. tv "">> aIKl Km choorcd. Lady-smith loft it to him. Alex, mlssod his kick not Intend to reside permanontlj In 8„OTt,|y after this received a corner and only Dominic's long reach saved Canada, and that they do not ln- and as a result had, several shots on the situation. tend to bear true allegiance to King K"tt1' but fallud to lo,Mta tho oot" His v s-n-vle on tho othor hand Edward, and havo no conception of W"yt,°_in ....«™':...C™™?..". !^ff?: ""S„piB}'!ng_? .«•«* Sa«™- Shot af ol Chicago. The train is due in t_B__«___________i Kansas City tomorrow morning and lc"d him a helping hand If he needs will reach El Paso at 5 p-m. Mon- today, i Notwithstanding the report clrou- Fiom El Paso the train will pro- lliUxi ""*" "
own revolver, and he poured shot ttratton ol his bookt end papers
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