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[The Nanaimo Mail]
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I Patent Excellent" If you see that on your sack of Pastry Flour \ You can be Bure that you hnve the best, for thore t.an be no better. N. T. HE0Dtr*~C0, GROCERS. i2Wafl "BECRA JULIE" TK/I'l' B, ASSA. ML, Gomes the beat Tea offered to discriminating buyerb in llriusli Columbia. Garden Manager, j Sole AgeutB B.C. W. T. HEDDLE & CO. VOL. II -NO. 34. NANAIMO, BRITISH COLUMBIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER^?, 1896. WHOLE NO. 93. Boots:Shoes:Boots We Have Just Received Several Large Consignments 'From the Best Makers, antl Consequently are in a Position to Offer Exceptional Value. lioots, Shoes, Slippers, Etc. We have a large stock, constantly being added to. We guarantee stock and workmanship equal to the best in the market, while prices are as low, at least, as the lowest. No, We Are Not Neglecting Our Grocery Stock. That Is Up to Date in Every Particular. We carry Duncans and Delta Creamery Butter, a very choice stock of Selected Dairy anil Eastern Creamery in Tubs, and regular supplies of choice Ranch Butter. Our Coffee Stock Has been supplemented by a supply of SCHILLING'S BEST, put up in lib packets, which we grind for you while you wait. Our Empress Brand is still, as always, equal to anything in the market for the money.. Our "Special" Tea Is still the Prime Favorite and easily retains its place as tho BEST TEA in the country for the price. 2 c. $ lb. We carry a very large stock, including the best brands of all sorts, and we are sole agents for the famous Salada Tea. Our Automatic Oil Can Is giving unbounded satisfaction, and as we are supplying them FREE, you should get one. Tliere is no waste, no oil spilling over anything, and the oil is supplied '2c. tin lower than the regular cans. Give Us a Trial Order. You Will Find Us All Right. .. For .. .. Your.. Footwear The People's Store, Victoria Crescent. It will pay you to call and examine the- ..."NEW... ' FALL GOODS Now open at the Cash Boot and Shoe Store 17 and 19 Commercial Street E. E. C. JOHNSON, Manager PRICES RIGHT- NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A GREAT SNAP FOR.... SPECULATORS Sew Millinery Sew Jackets Sew Dress Goods We are showing a Very Choice Selection of each of the above of the Very Latest Styles. ) fl jciuiw aim vimuiciiS Are the Most Fashionable of the Season. J. S. STANNARO & CO. CRESCENT STORE. Nanainio, B. C. II It's OKELL & MORRIS' PRESERVES you using] They are absolutely ti,. ARE ALL RIGHT THE PUREST AND BEST. ect Fruit and Cane Sugar. Tho greatest rare H exercised In their prcpara- oxqutstte oLo&nllnosg observed- We only mnke one quality -the best— i Mime an supplied to the order of His Excellency Lord Aberdeen. WHY BUY CHEAP J\M3 ? BUY OKELL & MORRIS'. They are ihe Pros! an! Bsst Made from Seleo tion an I u\--*•->■ -.*-».<-.. .-*« -■*> the nanus as supplied to the Broken Bicycles —HIIOI'I.I) BE— Repaired in Good Shape »4A to avoid danger of accidents. Repairing Bikes a Specialty —AT— R. J. WENBORFS. See the HYSLQP. City Market s^ HEMANS & WAMSLEY Wholesale and Retail Butchers COMMERCIAL STREET V, 0. Box 227 Telephone 7.-8 flour LosTSr 0(»po^rt»njJJ\fc DON'T LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY. If you haven't had unfortunate ex- • perlences with shoes you are to he con- gratuhiicd. Perhaps you cannot tell the right side ol leather from the wrong side, hut that's no reason why you shouldn't get what you pay for to the last cent's worth. When you ran huy a pair of shoes from us you will kuow just what to expect from them and you won't he disappointed, for we tell you tho exact truth and nothing but the truth. ORR & RENDELL. Valued at $600 Now offered for Only $225- The ahove Lot is ALL CLEARED and FULL SIZE. Never yet has a Lot like this lieen offered at such a Ridiculously Low Plice. Call on or write— J. H. GOOD Auctioneer City Auction Rooms G.G.& B.I. Westwood BASTION STREET Are now prepared to Cut Down Old Axles, hy use ol an Improved Machine, making them as good at* new.. HORSESHOEING GENERAL BLACKSMITHING CARRIAGE WORK Done in the most approved manner. Their prices are right. Call and see them. Do Vou Want to Borrow ? $500- •repayable monthly in 8 yearn, at£$7.50 $1,000 repu- nl.le monthly in ts \ t-ni>, nt $15.00 T2.000 reparable month lv in 8 yeans, at $.10.00 Other amounts tn proportion. Loans made only on First Mortgage on Improved Town or City Property. EQUlfAM.B Savings, Loan and IU'.mjinu Association, 24 Toronto tit., Toronto. GEO. L. MCIIKTKY, Agent, Hoom No. 14-, Johnston Bltx.k, Shamrock Livery Stables NANAIMO, B.C. DUNLOP BIS. TEAMSTERS AND—j DRAYMEN An Kxpress Van meets all Trains and Steamers Daily, and On Hand to Order at any hour .FIRST-CLASS TURNOUTS AI BKAWINAIU.K RATI! Telephone 8 Clothes Cleaned... Repaired and Altered By W. II. KENYON Uff- 112 BASTION STKK1.T 19* Next door to Westwood*' Rlnck-mltli Shop. P. O. Box mil Old Clothes made equal to new. Bold and Silversmith... Diamond* land all Precious atones mounted. Wedding Kings made to order and engraved on short notice. Repairing finished good as new, at low prices. L. H. HILLS COMMERCIAL STREET We are sorry to hear that Mr ,1 Galloway, school teacher, accidentally broke his lei* this noon, whilst riding his bi* ycle. Hood's Pii.i.s are the favorite family cathartic, easy to take, easy to operate, Municipal Notice. This is the last day but FIVE for p.iying Taxes, to entitle persons to a rebate of one-sixth. S. GOUGH, .. Collector. MUNICIPAL COUNCIL. At the regular meeting of the Council on Monday evening tliere were present: Mayor Davison, Aid. Sinclair, West- woud, rianta, Wilson, Martell, Morton, McDonald anil Bradley. The minutes of last meeting were read und on motion adopted. C0VMCXICAT10NS. From the Vancouver and Eastern Railway asking the Council to meet a commute of the same. Moved l>y Aid. McDonald seconded by Aid. Sinclair, that the communication lie received and come up for discussion. Carried. From Mrs Robin tt and others asking for a crossing on Commercial street. Moved hy Aid. Sinclair seconded by Aid. McDonald, thut llie request bu grunted. Curried, 8BP0RT8. The Road Foreman reported that one man has heeu employed impounding cuttle and dogs. On motion, report was received and fyled. IlKF-ill'lKD BUSINESS. Re communication respecting Vancouver and Kastcin Railway. Aid. McDonald wished to ask for information as to what this meant. Thc. Mayor said he hail received a circulai from Victoria some time ago, asking liim to interview the lending merchants. Aid, I'lanta understood that this was un opposition scheme. He thought the Vancouver scheme wouhl beuelii Nanaimo, hut until the coinmittee met the Council, their wishes would not be known. The Mayor said the circular spoke of a railway to the Kootenay district. Aid. I'lanta said he hud met a party in Vancouver, and from the conversation he understood that this was an opposition scheme on foot. He moved that the communication be received and fyled; and thut the clerk he instructed tu write expressing tlie willingness uf the Council lo meet the committee ut next Monday's meeting of the Council. This wus seconded by Aid. Wilson unit carried. NKW BUSINESS. Aid. Planta said that the matter of a proposed smeller at Nanaimo had been broached by several parties, and iu discussing the matter he found a feeling amongst the people in favor of the Council inducing some one to build a smelter here. He understood that a site wouhl lie provided, und perhaps the Council might oiler indu.euicnts and probably a small cash hoiiiis. He thought Nanaimo was the hest place, uml it would be advantageous to invite correspondence lor some definite proposal. Now was the time lo act, us he understood other cities were taking sonic Steps in the matter. He thought action should nol he deferred, and that we should do Something, Hu moved that the clerk he instructed to insert notices in two K Muni papers ami oue of the dailies in Vancouver aud Vietorin, selling forth the advantages we have in Nanaimo for the purpose, and to invite correspondence which we would he glad to entertain. The motion was seconded bt Aid, Morton, who said he understood AM. I'lanta to say there was a site already iu view. Could that beset forth in tlic advertisement? Aid. Planta said no, hut suggested we would he willing tn entertain. Aid. Wilson would he glad that something be done iu this direction, Nanaimo had all the facilities necessary for a smeller—the best on the coast; coal was here In abundance, and Nunuinio was most centrally situated for Texada and Alberni, where tlie ore could he treated nt less cost than elsewhere, Tlic matter wiib one well worthy of the consideration of the cilizens. The Mayor suggested that the notices should he inserted iu some of the U.S. papeis—say Chicago. Aid. I'lanta—"They will get them," The Mayor suggested one paper in the 1'rovlnce and one in the U. 8. Aid. Planta was willing to accept the sugges tion of tho Mavor and the motion wus ! be a disgrace to the Council not to pay | Sermons will he preached morning and so amended and "carried. Mhese charges. He thought the distauue j evening on the Sunday by Rev. W. W. Aid. Planta asked how many months' | the gentleman had to come and pay his | J.aer, of Vancouver, and on Monday the salary was owing to the school teachers? He understood that there waB some inconvenience being caused to some who had not received payment. Some were dependent on their salary to take advantage of the rebate on taxes, and he usked if these hail not heen paid. Would they be allowed the rebate? The Mayor suid he understood they had heen paid every month. Aid. Wilson thought the matter could be arranged satisfactorily. Aid. Wilson said he had noticed that the collector had a notice in the Victoria papers, slating tlie number of clays to pay the taxes, and he thought it was a good idea for us to do the sume, and he moved that tbe collector he instructed to put a notice in the local papers stating that the rebate on taxes would cease ou Nov. 1st. Aid. Sinclair seconded and it was curried. The Mayor said several accounts had been presented for payment re the Police investigation. He might say Ihat shortly after Mr. Johnston's return from the upper country, he bad spoken to him as to the time of the investigation and the expenses of the witnesses coming here. Mr. Johnston informed him that he was quite agreeable that all the witnesses should be here, also Mr. McRae, and he would be willing the expenses should be paid. Shortly alter he had wired Mr. McRae notice of the investigation, he brought up the matter at the laBt Council meeting. Mr. Johnston afterwards informed him that Mr. Simpson was adverse to paying any expenses of tlie investigation, and, Mr. Johnston not wishing to retract, asked that the matter should be brought before the Council. He, tlie Mayor, wished to report to the Council, Im't owing to the investigation tliere was no Council meeting. Aid; vYilson moved and Aid. McDonald seconded that thc accounts be read. Aid. Planta said any expenses incurred and authorized by the Police Commissioners would have to be certified to hy theui. Had these accounts .passed through the hands of the Commissioners, and been sanctioned by them? The Mayor said, alter Mr. Join ston had decided to allow the expenses—except legal expenses, he was opposed to them and no legal expenses had been incurred as far as the Commissioners were concerned. The expenses of witnesses and the ollicial stenographer he agreed to. He had in consequence informed the witnesses (Mr. Mcliae was on his way here}. Then Mr. Johnst >n to ik it all ba'k, owing to Mr.,Simpson's opposition. He had not time then to notify Mr. McRae, who had left Los Angeles. Aid. Westwood said before the Council i ould act, *.huy should come as a recommendation Irom the Commissioners nnl the Commissioners had failed to du hat. Aid. Planta said therj were certain lixed fees lor witnesses, and also fol ravelling expjnsaa. Tne witnesses must obey the summons, und the allow- nice did not always cover the actual expenses. He was certain if these ao- oiinia were paid we should hear more .il out it; it would lie illegal. He moved as an amendment, seconded by Aid. Morton thui tlie accounts he referred to the Police Commissioners, On a vote being taken, the amendment was declared lost on a vote of 4 for, 5 agi.i.is'. The motion was carried by t ie same vole reversed. The city clerk then read the following Account:— Police investigation accounts: Total, : 2311.45. The Mayor Buid he had asked that the investigation lie held ou the 24ih so that Mr. McRae would only he ahsentfor one Sunday, hut neither Mr. Johnston nor Mr Simpson would consent to a postponement for one day. Aid Planta said he didn't know if $2(1 would not be good pay lor one Sunday's work. He would do a lot of preaching ,it thut figure. Aid Wilson understood that fiat was the usual rule here fur a supply when there was no regular pastor. He would make a motion before he sat down, bul he did not see anything to lie expected from referring the mailer to tlie Police Commissioners. Il wus evident from what they had said they wouhl not recommend payment of any expenses. The investigation hail beeu held and erluiu expenses had been incurred, whether the Council paid them or not, Ihey were responsible for these expenses. He was not lucre to say anything a lout tlie Commissioners. Theuccoun B were there beiore them and the Council were responsible. Aid Wilson moved seconded by Martell thut the accounts he referred to the Finance Committee and if found correct they be paid. Aid. Plauiu said it would not be right to pay these a,■counts at the present stage. They might have un injunction served upon them. The case wus uol yet settled, ami it was not right to entertain any accounts. It might be shown that Ihis investigation wus brought about through personal spite, und iu revenge againsl one individual. There piigiil he no grounds to sustain llie charges, and the Council had no right to pay. lt was altogether too premature, and he would ask il Mr. McRae hail nol already been paid. I'nc Mayor said he hal not paid him. Aid. Planta said lie had mar I ihat Mr McRae had beeu paid by p.iva e iu i vlduals, Then why is thi- a. to n ire tented? U it to reimburse these I nui* vidiials? He was going lo vole againsl the motion. Aid. Westwood considered it wus out oi order. Tliere was no reconiinenda- liou iroin the Commissioners; ami he should vote againsl any public money being paid wheu no decision hud been given. Alii. Bradley said the decision of the Police Commissioners had nothing to do with llie expenses, the greater portion of which would not huve been incurred ii the Police Commissioners hud signified their willingness to take Mr. McRae's evidence two months ago. Mr. McRae almost pleaded that they should take his evidence. The Mayor had followed the Instructions of the Council and he could not now draw hack. Tlie honor of the city and the council must he maintained. After the Mayor liad wired lo Mr. McRae to eome ' then the otlier commissioners would not agree to the payment of lhe expenses, and lhe Mayor bad told the Council that these commissioners did not intend to pay. it would own* legal adviser, that the charges were tallies' Aid will give their annual suppei. low. Nothing had been charged for ex- \A ((pedal *Hurt ie to be made hy the cent train fare, and money actually laid i trustees .te reduce the indebtedness, and out, la-sides the disadvantages of being • a successful anniversary is anticipated, absent from his work. It seemed to On Sunday, Nov. 8th„ Rev, D. \ . Lucas him that one man wished fo become *B expected to preach Mr. Lucas was dictator to this city. .associated with the Rev. Dr. Evans in Aid Morton thought the rccommenda- the early days, and will be remembered tion from the Police Commissioners by the old timers as an earnest imnister should come direct through tl.e city ol the Gospel Mr. Lucas mil spend a clerk in writing. Tlieseaccountsshould week in the city, and w*Hl givetemper- be handed back to the Commissioner, < mme addresses underjhe auspices of the and this Council should refuse to pay them unless signed by toe Police Commissioners. He said Aid. Bradley had spoken of the inconvenience to Mr. McRae liy lhe distance he had to Havel, ; but Mr. McRae did not consider tlie in- \ convenience put upon otlier p o.'le. He 1 might be well paid if lie goi half. He! Central Temperance Executive. The W. 0. T. U. monthiljy Sunday evening meeting will not he given on Nov, lst, but will be held on Sunday, Nov. 8th. when Mrs Lucas will address the meeting. Further notice will be given in tlie Mail. The Kpworth League of Wallace hoped il would be referred buck. : Streel Church hail charge of the concert Aid. Westwood said Aid. Bradley had on Saturday evening, and ptovided an spoken of the honor of the Council; He excellent programme. There was a would ask who inetirred these expenses? The Mayor—"Did 1 not tell you Mr. Johnston?" Aid. Westwood—"Officially." Tho Mayor—"Is anything done officially at that Hoard? I have lieen trying to have things done officially." Continuing, the Mayor said tlie second member interviewed the third member, good audience, who appreciated the efforts as witnessed bv frequent encores. A solo by Mr. Brenton, "Tis not True," was well rendered, and the piano solo of Fred Fisher, Wellington, duet of Misses KI ford and I lull gave great satisfaction. Mr, W. Mansou gave two excellent readings in ids usual eft'ec ive manner; that on "Spring House Cleaning" bring- and they agreed and notified me thai| \"e forth hearty'applause. Mr. II. Mc- they would not agree to the payment of these expenses. All 1 can now do is to report to lhe Council. The fault is with the Police Commissioners. The expense wouhl not have been incurred if Mr. McRae's evidence had heen taken before he went away. The expenses of the stenographer and counsel had been assented to ou a former occasion, when payment of expemes were not refused Kenzie gave 'two recitations, and we hope to have the pleasure of hearing this gentleman again during the winter. With a little more practice and careful attention to pronunciation, Mr. McKenzic bids fair to be the favorite elocutionist of tiiis city. Now the long winter evenings are coming on, these Saturday evening concerts should be- iome as popular as last year. There are At'the last meeting all power was rele-1 many young people who"appreciate these concerts, and we hope that there may be no lack of support, as the object uf these concerts is to provide magazines, etc., for the public reading room, is one of interest to tlie general public. ORDER SONS OF ST. GEORGE. gated to one member, on motion, In opposition to my wishes. Tlie Govern- ment was not farseeing in framing the Municipal Act, when power can thus be delegated to one mem ber. Aid. Wilson said with reference to referring it buck to the commissioners it was already known what they are going to do. They have said openly these expenses shulf not he paid. Then who is le-ponsible? We must not look to Messrs Johnston und Simpson. It washis opin- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ion that they would be collected. There j was no use quibbling over the matter. J A new *0(}ge, to be known as Imperial the expense was contracted in good Lodge w0. 415, was instituted at Wel- aith, and the persons summoned, now ; |ington 00 Saturday evening by the Sju- 1 olice Commissioners say they will not j preme president. Edward Oliver, of San pay. One ot the commissioners is like Francisco, assisted bv Grand Messenger a weather vane- one occasion one thing, John gilbert, District Deputv Henry next day another, lliese things cannot I Allsoo. and about 80 niemVers of Inker- Institution of the First Lodge at Wellington. lie avoided. We must Settle them now, once for all. Aid, Morton said notwithstanding Allsop, and about 80 meiu's man lodge, No. 325. These gentlemen were conveyed to Wellington in three vehicles, arriving Council had no right until it came from the to deal with it commissioners, what Aid. Wilson had said, they uonia abont |*gl,t 0Yolocl<. A preliminary not pay without the sanction of the meeting was held in the office of the commissioners. Nothing had come be-1 Wellington Enterprise, after which tlie lore the Council from them and the I applicants for the charter and the visitors adjourned to the Good Templars' , • I hall, where the lodge was formally insti- no matter what came Irom the street tuted an I the following officers elected l:0I»cr"* ., , , land installed:—P. W. President, E, W. The Mayor said when the witnesses ,•*,.■.,,,. Worthy President, G. Smith; came up some would not give evidence Vice-PreBident R. D. R, Ramsay-"Sec* un era paid, rhey refused to take path. retary w. H. M. Mav; Treasurer, W. He was chairman of that Boar, and had T, ■•/<_■ ,-eiu.ea; Messenger, John Clark ; to administer the oath. W hen he turned > Asst_ s t;eo_ Blake, trustees, J. io the other commissioners both said *-jren HuKh Fern.aml Geo Blake, they wouhl not pay. He had to pay out i severa| appointive officers will be in- u his own pocket I stalled at the next meeting. Between - Aid. Morton said the matter had been . 20 ami 30 signatures were attached to before the police commissioners, there ' waB nothing Irom ihem bef .retheCiun-.! eil. We have no right to take even j llieir minutes uml act upon them. The Mayor—Don't yon belong ^_^_^^__ . t° sev eral committees, Aid. Morto.i? Aid. Morton—"Yes." The Mayor—"You have reported to this Council verbally, have you not." Aid. Morton—"Yes." The Mayor—"No one objected to it?" Aid. Morton—"No." The Mayor—"Then you have no right to object to my bringing in a report." Aid. Bradley said now one commissioner had left tlie cily. On the previous occasion one of the policemen went away after being notified. Had Mr. Crossan remained no such expense would have been incurred, as Mr. McRae pleaded to give evidence before he left. Aid Planta said the fact of Mr. John- I ston not agreeing was the strongest rea- 011 why these accounts should not be the charter, and it is expected the membership will be increased to about 00 in a few weeks. After the ceremony the Supreme President addressed tlie members, and explained to theui that the Grand Lodge of the Pacific Coast jur sdiction would asssume payment nf all funeral claims, which would be paid from a special fund maintained by an assessment levied equally upon all members within the jurisdiction. The Grand Lodge also provides for tlie members of any lodge who are obliged by circumstances to surrender their charter to admit them to membership in the Grund Lodge, and also in case of their being too old or otherwise disqualified for membership in a subordinate lodge, that their sick and other benefits are guaranteed by the Grand Lodge. The institution of this lolge is the third on Vancouver Island, and steps being taken for tbe appointment of I are ^1^^^™^^^™ .,.-,. .,, . „ ,,.... , an organiser to thoroughly organize the paid without good reasons. VV it, refer-1 lmlintallc, ln the near future, ence to Aid. Bradley's remark that all ■ T|)e 0r(J Sona ,„• 8ti Q diff the expense would have been averted , h(j SonfJ of E ,aU(| imlJmm.,, lls had the invesiigaliou not been adjourn- ,, , ^ Q ul\ivemd, having for I, it would notjiave been .fair to have | Us ol)jei., ,he u„iu,..llioll of Kuglishnieu throughout the world, und everything of a puliiicul 01 religious test is carefully taken it in Mr. Crosslin's absence. Aid. Wilson said ii it was not fair to go on with the trial In the absence of Mr Crossan, then it would be fair to pay lhe witnesses, lie felt sure llie recommendation would be adopted, Aid. McDonald had in mind another investigation which cost JIIOO. lt was paid without a word. Al I. Planta said it was different to this; one was ordered by the Council, lhe other not. Aid. Sinclair asked if a decision had yet been given. The Mayor—"It has according to the Free Press." Aid, Sinclair said he expected the Council wool,I have to pay anyway, no mailer what, the commissioners say. Let them give a decision. As the Mayor -aid, Mr. Johnston gave consent and then withdrew it. The Mayor said that when the witnesses came up Mr. Johnston saiil thc Council must lake all the responsibility. The question was then put and declared carried by 5 for and 4 against. Aid. I'lanta called for names, when Aid. Bradley casually remarked "That's a I llu IT," and was angrily told by Aid Planta to keep h avoided. The order is making rapid progress, steps now being taken to introduce it Into Australia, South Africa and JNew Zealand, and a lodge has recently been 1 instituted at the Constitutional" Club, Northumberland avenue, London, England. The Order Sons of St. George came into existence 25 years ago, when the ".Molly McGuires" were making themselves active in Pennsylvania, and after the persecution ceased wus organized into a fraternal and social asso, i itiop, having for its objects, in addition to tho financial benefits, the ptoteotlon of its members from persecution from any quarter on account of race prejudices. Mr. Oliver bus been making a tour of the Eastern and Western states in the Interests of the order, and was the guest ol ex-Mayor Hilbert while in the city. *»» 11. C. Fisheries. Mr. G. Marsh, our local llsh dealer, has the following communication in the Province," whicli contains some very tongue between his uood suggestions: ■■■ It* v> 111. i "*** there is nn question us to the The' names wero then called bv the unlimited supply of lish in the waters citv i'l rk. of this province, 'llie Straits of Georgia For the motion Aids. Wilson Mc- ! abounds witli codfish, halibut, salmon, Donald, Bradley, Martell, and' the turbot, plaice, flounders, soles, etc. 1 Mavor. ! learn with regret that the fishing Indus- Against—Aid. Morton, Planta, West- try of Labrador is a failure, especially wood and Sinclair. 1 "*•"" regard to codfish, which was one of Aid. Sinclair reported the case of Jas. the principal lish exported. . . . I do •eacoek, and moved that it be left in | !\ot,-,k""°'v..l'''*v./f'!,6,1?":," iV. ! e tsl' I ^^ ^^ the hands of the Mayor Aid. Westwood reported the completion of the side-walk on Commercial street The Council then adjourned. City and District. As announced on Sunday evening, the Wallace Street Methodist Church will ,^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_i^^_^_ hold their anniversary services on Sun-1 to give satisfaction if practical method! day and Monday, Nov. loth and 16th, , are put iuto operation to secure the lis); B. 0. should"not lill its place upon the markets with better results than tlie Labrador product. 1 contend that it is as good an article as can be desired. . . If capital can be secured to place the lish upon the markets, it would be u great source uf revenue to this province, for there is no question as to tlie market, provided the quality and lhe price are' right. The quality will depend upon the attention and the price cannot fail n «Zr THE MAKING OF MEN*. BY litfV, JOHN fll.-nw/llv. As the insect from lhe rook Takes the color of its w ing; As the boulder from tiie shock Of the ocean's rlijrttiin.lt! swing Makes itself ti perfect form, Learns a calmer front to raise; As the shell enameled warm With the prism's wyaUc rays, Praises wind and wuye that make All its chambers fair and strong; As Ihe mighty poets take Grief ami pain to build their song: Even so for every soul, Whatsoe'er its lot may be,— Building as the heavens roll, Something lurgeands rongund free, Things that burl and tilings that mar Shape the man for perfect praise; Shock and strain and ruin are Friendlier than the smiling days, THE f [CSiWMli). | "Enough to stand up in and when I went aft I found the Ger- ' drink," was tho Captain's quiet mm sailor at the wheel. The mule comment as lie gave the course. Glancing amidships, I saw tlie steward sitting at tlie head of the galley eotiipiiiiioiivvav. Ho had a bald pale, and sparse tangled shreds of hair about the furs, while two teeth, one in either corner, protruded liko tusks. He looked like a sea- lion, and whenever 1 saw liim emerging from the galley he reminded ine of one of those aqu t u mammals boohing up through a bole in the ice. chanced to mention that down in tiie trades a ship's course could be laid by the wind, it blew so evenly from one direction, and the sailor at lhe wheel added that he had steered by the slurs for lack of binnacle lights, the ship being shortof oil. About once an hour they struck a match and looked at the compass "to see if the star had moved any." They had all been "off-shore;" they were all deep- water fellows on board this coaster, and from the Captain down tboy agreed that it required more skill I r ■ . • , • ■ , i . , , . i to navigate a picayune two-hun As 1 joined him he had a pan dred.t0nbBohoon5r af0„E tl >i dried peas between his knees, |c„.lst 0- Maine in a ind was sifting thom for Ihe j than to lake a six-topsail-yard ship porridge. '■"•'■ '■ • • •' "' ■ ' '' ie rooky snow-storm TJY OUSTAV K011D13, Gape muse morrow's porridge. Evidently everything about that porridge was lo be as spick and span as everything else about the ship. Fur not a speck of dust escaped the "Commodore's" sharp eyes. 1 fell to talking witn liim, lie told me that liis experience as a seafarer dated back so fur that ho could remember when, in tacking oil shore, Ihey dut tallow candles in tlie binnacle, allowing one candle and a half to burn out for the off-shore but only one for iu-shore This was to avoid standing in too close to land. Ho further informed me that this expedient was resorted (o because at that time clocks had not been invented. When 1 suggested to him that some peoplo dated the p.,.,■,!,low,, ,o,„p. i'-ventioii of the clock as far ,,.'; i x-„ ;.... back us Archimedes, be simply We wore fast dropping Henry. Only tho tall light and the gaunt spars of a wrecked coaster could be seen on tho point across llie gently heaving sea. The captain glanced at the compass. "No'-no'-east is high enough," lie said. ""SV-iio'-oast is high enough, sir!" repeated the man at the wheel, us he gave it u twirl. Eight bells. A shrill blast from the galley, and "Commodore Dull'," us sailors cull the Steward—plum-dutf being the Sunday delicacy aboard ship— stuck his (-''ad up. the cwnpan- ionway, am" per. A fair-haired Norwegiai hoy in a b'uek coat, no doubt the last remnant of his confirmation suit, emerged from the forecastle and started aft to relieve the wheel. In uu old-time ship lie would huve had the cat-.o'-nine- lails laid across his buck before he had gCttiQ three steps along the quarter-deck. For he took the weather side of lho "house" until a sharp command and a quick gesture from the captain sent him. buck and down to the lee rail. He hud runaway from a Norwegian steuiner at Norfolk und hail signed as seaman, though liis breach of etiquette in coming aft on the weather side to relieve the wheel showed him to be a greenhorn. He couldn't spenk English,, bnt, according to the captain, would be u sea lawyer as soon us he know half a dozen words. Our vessel was a typical American coaster, with u typical complement. The captain came of u seuiuring New England family. His father hid been a master, and his brother also hud a ship. The unite hailed from Schleswig, Though young, he had been pretty much nil over the world, nnd with his eyes open. On this "voyage" he was reading the "Philosophy of Deism," which 1 thought would make pretty good ballast. Tin: second mute wus a "Maine man;" and in tlie crew were a Long Is-" lander—called the 'Torchlighter' becuuse he told gruesome tales of ships being lured on the south ■shore by false lights—a German, ft id two Norwegians, besides the uoy who didn't know enough to keep to the lee rail when coming aft for his trick at the wheel. The steward wns a "wliile- wushed Yankee"—an Irishman of about sixty-live yours, fifty- five of which he hnd been to sen, to tbe East Indies. I asked if coasters didn't some- t'mes take involuntarily to deep water—got blown off in a heavy gale. The male told nie to turn to our log of tbe previous winter, where 1 would lind a voyage during which our vessel bad been blown h.ilf-wiiy across the Allitntio and baok, a voyage in which tbo portof destination wus not made al all, llie vessel having been given up as lost with all hands. Fortunately, such was nit the case on this voyage. For nexl lack'Tr*'1'''11'1''.'* after doing justice to the steward's "alligator flippers" (codfish tongues and sounds) and lis- t;: i g to his growl about 'clawhammer sailors" (he very justly lamented tbo disappearance of tho old-time sailor costume), I went on deck and found we wero well up in Delaware Hay, and when the sleiv- ard's clock it rock cievon we bad dropped "anchor. Tho steward's clock was a remarkable timepiece. It struck the hour with lhe rapidity of a (lulling gun. At noon and midnight ii simply discharged twelve rounds with lightning celerity. It never agreed with tbe ship's timepiece, which, for instance, said half-past twelve when anchor was dropped. 1 called the steward's attention to this discrepancy, but he was nol disconcerted. "That there clock," be said, "shifts wid the wind. It must ha' lost headway diiriii' the cam in we had off de capes o' the Delaware."' When I left the ship he was sifting peas. j Thau baa ;ac.' physician says | etJy is in b.ilJ ' nerve tonic, l.i' ; tike I tooO/S ■:! -s". ;■! i'. ,. ■ . ■ : i Peculiar, lo IVouio'i fi. cha :. oi s-\ij.. olbnate or lifo, or roaulii 13' from hard 1 work, nervo'iano***, nnl impurq blood. ! thousancU'havc foiuid relief and oure ir i i HI fh$m a&%*\ {&<&, ^1 &$& Sarsapariija Tho Ono True Blond Purlfler, sl; six for $5, Prepared only liy C. I. Howl & Co., Lowell, 'lass. g. ,, r>.fs arc tin* only pills to take riOOCl S Fills with Hood'sHaraaparlUa, Sn all Debts Court. The Silver Question. Tho following ished in tbe editorial was pub- London Financial t marked, "Well, sir, I've been 10 sea a great many years." He contributed an item to Napoleonic history whieh will be of interest to all students of that epoch. When he touched at St. Helena in ono of his voyages, an American bark had sent her crow ashore with some large ca-ks for wafer. As the casks wore being taken oil',an English sentinel chanced to strike one of them with the butt of his nius- kel. It gave forth a hollow s mud, and, his suspicions being aroused, it was broken open. Crouching in the cask was the great Napoleon, endeavoring in this manner to escape aboard the bui k. The steward told this story with grout earnestness. Tbe fact, to whieh I called his attention, that he had not touched nt St. lie e ia until late in tho thirties, while Napoleon had dial in the eurly twenties, made no i npression upon the good man. lie deliberately turned from tho grout Napoleon lo the subject of provisions, told me that nioss- boef was called "suit-horse,"thnt it came out of llie "harness cask," and that, when cut in oold slices, it was dubbed by siilors "mahogany." He showed nie some sli.ces, aud I agreed with the sailors. American coasting crews, he said, were "daint.01' —thut wus his favorite w -nl—than uny Jack-tar world over. They despised "scouse," and even turned up theii noses at a "three-decker," wiiidi, I found, consisted of onions, moat, and potatoes in three separate lay- j ed, not only at home, but in every j ers. 'Anyhow, he was glad there jother market. Of course, tho IJni -1 was no legal "scale" of provisio, s ed Slates would suffer to a certain prescribed for coasters, otherwise |extent through having to pay her you'd have to "reconcile wid the- .News, a high financial authority in I England, of April 30, 1894. "its | authenticity was vigorously attacked by the gold bug Republican ; papers, whicli denounced it as a j forgery, ll has now been fully! authenticated, a certified copy of tbe same being in tbo possession of the Democratic National Com-1 mittee: "There is a plain moral in j the remark that if the United Stales j would venture lo out herself adrift j from Europe and take outright toi silver she would have all America I and Asia at her back and the com- ] maud of the market of both coun-! tries. The harrier of gold would be more fatal than any barrier of custom-house. The bond of silver] would be stronger than any bond of free trade. There can lie noi the ] doubt about it that if tho United; 1 States were to adopt a silver basis i to-morrow British Irade would be ruined before the year was out.| Every American would be protect Some time ago it was decided by the Provincial Government to test the constitutionality of the Small Debts Court act. A reference to toe loll court, and it camo up for argument before Justices .Mc- Creight, Walkem and Drake. A. 0. Smith, deputy attorney-general who appeared on behalf of the Crown, stated that as required by tho statute of 1891, chapter 5, section 3, notice of tl.e reference had been given to lhe Dominion Government, but a reply had been received from the Department of Justice at Ottawa that the Dominion Government did not intend to take part in tlie argument. Accordingly, to bring the question beforo the Full court, the Provincial Government-had appointed Robert Cassidy to contest the constitutionality of the act. Mr. Caisidy argued that in so far as the Small Debts Court act gives jurisdiction to magistrates in a judicial position as distinguished from their executive authority as police magistrates, the act was unconstitutional. The act practically made a magistrate a judge to exactly the same extent in civil cases, except in amount, as a conn y court judge, or even a Superior 1 judge. The question, therefore, was whether Ihe Province had a right to appoint a judge, and this he submitted it had not, as tbe right to appoint judges belonged to the Dominion, section !H> of the B. N. A. act providing that "the Governor-General shall appoint the judges of the Superior, District and County courts, except those of the Courts of Probate in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick." The appointment of judges was a matter of prerogative which was primarily delegated to the Governor-General by his commission and instructions and this prerogative bad not been specially conferred upon the Lieut.- Governor by tbe B. N. A. act. It was (rue that such prerogative and executive powers as are necessary incidentally to carry out legislation upon certain classes of subjects within the legi.-. ilive power is conferred by implication upon the Provincial Governments, but the appointment of judges was not so conferred. The argument was continued by Mr. Smith, and the decision will he given later. lhe Most Complete Stock 7 \ —OF— / . j Ueuts' Eui'iiishings IN THE CITY, AT Jas. McGregor's Victoria Crescent. Wake up to the fact that if you PIONEER Carbonating and Bottling WORKS. MITCHELL & HUMMING, Proprietor*. J1 Manufacturers of Lemonade, Olnger Ale, 8t-- \ saparllla, Uldero, Etc ' ' , -~ _. ___ . _,_ I TRY OUIt GINGKB BEER. mVeSt JNOW 111 ShareS Of All Orders Promptly Attended To.. 1 good reliable Telephone 20. r. o. box so. CRITERION" Gold Mining Companies ■«-■-» h * COMMEKCIAI, StUEET. ] You stand to make Big Profits, And! THOMAS KITCHIN/' I Oysters in every style. j Meals, 25c. and upwards. 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The English and Amer- nie up," an expression he was ican "pounds and points"--the lat- fond of using when the sailors ier being sailor for pints—were I seized the opportunity. It has | growled over what came from ab >ut alike: one pound of "Liver- been a piece'of luek that it has the galley. He had been in all ]'""' panties" (hard tack) that neverpecurret ocean disasters you could men- sometimes you had to split with a;scoop u bligations abroad, in gold, but the loss of exchange under this head would be a mere drop in tlie bucket as compared to the profit to be reaped from (he markets of South America and Asia, to say nothing of Europe. The marvel is that the United States has not long ago lion, even when they had occurred simultaneously in widely distant parts of the world. Ow- to his remarkable experiences (as v-c.la'od by himself), tho ''.Maine-mau".sometimes referred The to the Americans to out of lho world's markets Hammer, lialf an ounce of coffee, I by-going on a silver basis, audit and three quarts of water (for j might serve us right it, irritated by C'oking and washing) every day;, the contemptible apathy of our beef, one audit half pounds four j government toward the silver prob- tiines a week, and pork, one and Jem, the Americans retaliated by one-quarter pounds three times.|freezing out gold. Jt could be to him ull'ectiuiti'.lely as "(lid Sinhad." We had "Cope Cod turkey" and "swarm-seed"—salt lish and rice—for supper. After tho steward had helped us he re- niarkod: "Thein, sailors must ha' heen broug}^ up with Queen Victoria, Hav, and (joints'' consisted eighth of a pint of week] the allowance fourteen ounces a week had experience in Scotch their oatmeal "| weekly "banyan day lie they're so dainty. quail on toast." "Don't give them any, Doctor," siud the Captain, ipiielly, "because they're not in season." When the steward had left, {lie Captain added: "Sailors lik to growl. Thev tell a story of an j^iiglisli, captain who ottered his hands before the mast I hips with ultiee," their generally Saturday, when the whole ship was put oi rice; and their "barley grout" (a thick soup) on Weil in - oinetimes an allowance rhey wants of'whisky at noun, for which, lunveve'r, ti e captain "stopped the lime-juice." Italian, Spanish, and French, shi,is served wine, and Den mark had the repute of having established the most liberal "scale." Uut he reiterated his beiief that no f one- : easily donft." peas twice al ••• uf sinrar, of! "The land question," says Cardinal .Manning, "means hunger, thirst, nakedness, notice to quit, labor spent in. vain, the toil of yours seized upon, the breaking up of homes, the miery, sicklies , deaths of parents, children, wive.-, the despair and wildness which spring up in the heart of lhe poor, when legal force, like a sharp arrow, goes over the most sensitive and vital rights of mankind. All this is contained in the land question." These, then, being the fruits, all arising from ignoring righteousness and enthroning theft, But if the time is ever to come when Ihe poor and the rich are to be permanently arrayed against each other at the polls, it is not yet come; for we have not yet passed out of the period when the poor of to-day becomes the rich of to-morrow. Although it assumes the guise of the suprcmest danger, the present agitalion'ought to turn out, as it seems likely to turn out, to he a farce; no other fact IS so conspicuous in our recent history as the very rapid increase in the number of well-to-do. li we roughly divide the population inlo tlie pour, the well-to-do mid the rich, nnd could determine the number in each class at any two given periods, say in 1870 nnd 1808, we should see that, whito thero hns been a large absolute and Kiiiv.it comparative inorwso alike In the number ul the rich and in the iniiii- hor uf Ilia pour, there has heen nn enormous llUTUUSO, liulli itl-Holuto and rolll* live, in I In* number of well-to-do, Never since Industrial society wns or* giiuiiifd ImB-llioro been such u general rise ' o 'i poverty to comfort ns there has been ia ,ho United Suites during Ihe last thirty years. There Is nu more fahi- ulous doctrine limn that the rich nre beuon in: richer and the poor poorer. The truth is that the lift from poverty iu plenty hns su engaged our thoughts that wu hnve cuiue too near to forgetting that o,lher things than material well- being aro needful to make a great people and we nre now inlying une of the pen- nines uf this forgotfulness. So that everyone can have an interest in Mining and secure part ofthe Profits that most assuredly WILL be made. ArH-Qgtoij {JoteL MR. J. A. THOMPSON Having completed the erection ol the Arlington Motel ul NANOOSE IIAV, ihis linmlsome anrt- commodious lioiel is now prepared lo receive* and comfortably entertain travelers and others. THE CUISINE Is presided over hy Mrs. Thompson, and llie Tabled'Uoto constantly provided with all the delicacies ol the season. Combined with the elegant furnished apartments, the visitor llnds- thc surroundings of the most pleasant description. crews lived 'daintier" than the every one not working for the up-1 A. in rican coasters, because they rooting of the tree is fighting mad • port of ten enough to keep tl e against Christ, for "He that is not provisions fresh, and the captains wilh Me is against .Me." Those three pounds a, month and no were accustomed to good living at who, by advocating charity and growl, with on,e exception—and home. ■ ■ otlier palliatives, aim at the avoid within a week he was growling I The steward had finished sifting ance of attack on the root injustice because he hadn't " ° °i the |uas at St. Hilena, and it was itself, are just as surely opposing! When we came on dock after now uell into the night The h*.,e Christ, by not "seeking first the i ,,. i.i i n.„ l.. i r„n.„ had nud somewhat, and we could kingdom of Gou ana His righteous- ptpperaha/jehidthelandfroin.^ ^ ^ of *Winter.juarter ne*," and those onlv are the true! sight. Ihey wore just hauling Lightship like two blurred eyes men of faith who teach that in tlie lead. i peering at us from the direction of doing this one thing, all otlier J "Fifteen fathoms!" sang out.Ohincoteagiie. ' 'things shall be added unto-us.—' th>-j second mate, ■ It was the mate's watch, and Melbourne Boacon. j REMOVAL NOTICE. J. A. CALDWELL the Tiltr Has changed his quarters; and can now he found up stairs in tho Williams Block, Where he will he ploased to receive his patrons. fit*- Anyone rc)Ulring a Fal Suit slioulf1 leave the order early. The Stamp Mill at Alberni Is now in operation. When results are known, up go the Shares of all Alberni Companies. WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! And make money while you have a chance BEFORE the rise takes place. tfc-r a MINING BROKER I'irsl class Accommodation. Klre proof bnililinn Terms: Sl.00 Per Oa; and Upwards. The Doon Hotel, J.\S. BENNETT, 1'roprlclor. Commercial St., Nanainio, B. C. NOTICE. rPHOSB DESIRING TO ASSIST -*- in tbe Emancipation of Menial Slavery Should bund in their names at onee nnd become members of the Freethoug'ht Library, j. l. Ipratt, 21 Commercial St., Citv. P. 0. Ilox 898. 8-ll-lni ALWAYS I.\ tri'OCK GROCERIES, MINERS' CAPS, UNDERWEAR, LAMPS, Etc. etc. TAXIDERMIST DEPARTMENT ; Itiuiis and Animals set up in a thor* oujjh workmanship manner. On Hand—F«ur fine Doers' Heads, whieh will Imi sold for price of setting them up* Also a line case of Birds. 8EWIKG MACH1KF KFEULCS OF UL KIMS. d. s. Mcdonald, 69 Haliburton Street, Nanaimo. Any present subscriber to the Mm, can have the Weekly Globe from now to lhe end of 1897 for 91.00. The Mail and Weekly Globe for/ ono year for $3.00 if paid in advance. ■ j -. ■■% A CHINAMAN HELD PRISONER IN THE EMBASSY. Released by Order of Authorities — His Danger. the British Life iu {wards a gentleman (described as A Modern Miracle. being Sir Haliday McArtney) en- tered and said: 'You are in China ; what the inhabitants of cities on now.' -die asked me if my name j thjs side of the Atlantic must re- was Sun Wen, and I acquiesced., ga,.ti as almost, if not quite, a mir- He said he arrested me on informa- j ftc)e j8 about to be wrought in the lion received from the Chinese cjty 0f Glasgow. The government minister at Washington, who had j „f that great city is to be carried on cabled the Chinese legation here without tbe expense of a penny to that Sun Wen was on board ihe jts inhabitants. Taxation in Glas- London, Oct. 23.—The newspapers continue printing indfgnant Majestic." "The next day," continued Sun Wen, for that appears to be his name, "Tang appeared and said: Everything is settled; we will gag and bind you and carry you at on comments on the alleged Chinese board a ^ we hav/ 4arteredj probably a Glen liner, as McArt ney is a friend of the company. We cannot smuggle you away, we can kill you as this is China," meaning the legation." Sun Wen further stated in reply to questions that he was provided with food when he asked for it, and it seems that his friends succeeded in communicating with him through the Knglish servants of the legation by means of notes hidden among the coals. Labor anil the Law. kidnapping case. The Globe this afternoon says: "The deepest resentment would be felt against any government which permitted an outrage upon a man who has come to London for protection to go unredressed. The Chinese embassy must understand that public opinion will not allow legal fiction to abrogate protection." The Marquis of Salisbury has demanded the immediate release of Sun Yatsen, the Chinese physician, said to be a British subject, who was, according to the statement of his friends, kidnapped while passing the Chinese legation here and held prisoner on the charge of having been engaged in a conspiracy to overthrow the Manchu dynasty. The Marquis of Salisbury this morning read a number of affidavits in the case, and immediately sent a strongly worded letter lo the t know something about how strong are Chinese envoy, pointing out that the odds against whioh the half-starved the method adopted by the legation > ,*"*>-rer is obliged to tiontend when they fnr nr-Wino-Riiii Ynl«.n *.vn« rllo I battle with the great corporations anil tor arresting feui Yatsen was dis* truBts for a portion of the wealth their tinctly not needed, as tbe courts eommon labor has produced, but few were open to Chinese officials to ob-! have yet learned that in this struggle lain anv criminal or other legal -*!111"- povwot the law and all the force T.rnr««s " His T r.rrlshin alio coin of T6 *'0artB "le "vItl* tlle stron'*- •■""*-• process, tiis Lordship also said agaj)Uit the weaki xhe writer well re- he could not fail to point out that members the feeling of despair that the fact savored of unfriendliness, [earne over him when for the lirst tini as a seeming vinliitiqn uf the right of asylum which England was com- article to the Clarence S. Darrow says in an on 1*'. .1. Stbnson's "Handbook Labor Laws of the United States No doubt the contents of this little volume will --really surprise many earnest men and women who have given llieir attention to the industrial struji-- glo that is threatening the peace ami security of today. These people already know something about bow j he carefully examined the decisions of initted to by every tradition. The Premier expressed the belief that the envoy would immediately release the prisoner and avoid further unpleasantness. Later in courts to lind the standing of organized labor before the law. He found to his amazement that the work ingmen had bjeu bound hand und foot, and that every effort which he could mnke to better bis condition by the aid of his labor union placed him in jeopardy of liberty and li e. This seemed the more the day Sir Ha'iday McArtney, Icruel and ht-artl-'SS for the reason that counsellor for the Chinese legation, *u,|.t"?f had constantly sent their victims ii . .,.,„. - ... i • , lojail, wlilie making the strongest nro- called at the foreign office and said „s{s,;,- fl.iendship and earnestly inslst- hun \atsen would be released with- lug that the law was jealous'of their out prejudice to the rights of the rights. legation, which were involved. In I ,*"*•• Stimson makes little attempt to ' philosophize or argue. He scarcely gives his views; he simply reports the accordance with Ibe statement of Sir Haliday McArtney, Sun Yatsen was released at5 o'clock ibis afternoon. Dr. James Cantlie, who brought the case to the notice of the authorities here, said in'an interview today that he knew Sun Yatsen tinnately in Hongkong during ■ear man came to Loudon on his advice i to pursue medical study, as lie wasj in trouble with the Chinese government.1' Dr. Cantlie saw Sun Yat-; sen in Hongkong last March ami saw him daily here. Continuing, Dr. Cantlie said: "I received in- I formation on the 17th that Sun ' Yatsen was a prisoner and about to \ be sent to China, where be would I lie beheaded." Detectives have formed a complete cordon around tlie Chinese legation. Every door and window is watched and Ihey have been ordered to seize Sun Yatsen and release him if he is brought out. It is said that Ihe Chinese government learned in November last that there existed a conspiracy to seize the viceroy of Canton as the first step J the book he has given us shows''con to the overthrow of the Manchu ; '-bisiyely that ii is. Alter reading this dvnastv ma8' perfectly clear that anv 'T . '■ e •• . r ,. ease may easily be made a crime where Later.—An inspector of police a large number of men leave work at and Sun Yatsen's friend, Dr. Cant- once for the purpose of accomplishing lie, who first raised the question of J01"*- benefit to themselves or others. the Chinaman's imprisonment, ili^ZZT^rtkJ'l '. T*! "'! °T'1" , , ,. ,-,, . i .. . . „X nation shall strike for their brothers went lo the Chinese legation at 4:30, than when thev do it for their selfish this afternoon with a letter from tl e ends. Alter 11*00 years of Christianity Foreign Office, and not long after-! •'•""*" become firmly settled law that, wards they emerged from the side I 'vl.t.h.laljor. organizations, the more un cases and in bisown way shows us what ihe law has done to oppress the poor. True, he shows that men have a legal right to organize and form trades unions. A thousand courts have said it for more I ban 11)11 yenrs. They have always suid it, generally, however, as they were in-1 passing senietiee of imprisonment on , | -on e prior victim who had exercieed ,,,..,. ,, . , , ,,.,.. ,,, . this nab and sought to use it to belli 18o6. tie added: J be China-j ,is comrades and himself. Endless uses, as nee shown, have upheld the rijtht t j organize, but at the same time they have forbidden the unions to bene- lii hy tlie association oi their members. Courts,.too, have suid that individuals uud even bodies of men may strike— that is, refuse to work—but the courts huve never found a case where such a e ininon refusal to work was not iu so.ue way construed into a violation of the law. For a body of men to ceas" work altogether to injure an employer i:s shown to be an illegal act; for them io strike for seme one else is a boycott and a crime. One may peaceably lay down liis tools, but if several do This it is conspiracy, and the penitentiary is lhe reward. In fact, a labor organization is utterly useless except as u debating club. Mr. Stimson quotes an author, much admired by corporation lawyers, who says that "the wit of man ha< never yet contrived a lawful "strike." Mr. Sum- sun says this statement is not true, but , . . -,, ,. , : 8ellish and altruistic the act the more door with bun latsen, entered a j certain and heinous is the crime. cab and drove to the Foreign Office, j The chapter on'-injuneti ms"l8 espetl- when Sun Yatsen made a formal :allv interesting and instructive. In statement of his case. His release , ,'{,'£ ^"L8h,?ln.,^„„?p.^ *rmHh of was witnessed by a large gow is to be a thing of the past. The occupation of the assessor is gone, and its inhabiiants, of all ranks and conditions, will no longer be troubled by visits from the tax collector. Glasgow, it is to be remembered, is not a mean city. Its public services are all on a liberal scale and some of its public works are magnificent. It has smooth and clean streets, fine parks, handsome squares, a splendid system of sewers; it is well lighted; it has an efficient police force, and its health department is in uood working order. It has in fact everything that a well governed city ought to have, and all its institutions are of the best. How, it is asked, can all these institutions, services, and works be maintained without money? But there is money and plenty of it. The Corporation gets money enough from its waterworks, ils gas works, its street cars, its electric light plant, its sewage farms, and other money-making works to run the city without calling upon the ratepayers for a penny. This is truly wonderful. What kind of aldermen orcity councillors has Glasgow had that they have been able to bring about this glorious state of things? Have they had no constituents, no dependents, no friends looking for contracts, no poor relations? How is it that gas and light and water have been made lo be not only self-sustaining but to yield a revenue to the civic treasury? Has there been no one lo intercept the bawbees on the road? Have there been no leaks? Is the boodler unknown in Glasgow? Is tliere a city in Canada or tbe United States iu which such a state of things as we read of in (ilasgow could, under any conceivable circumstances, be brought about? We do not believe tliere is. The kind of aldermen they have in Glasgow could not exist in Ameri ca. liy some fatality everything which the aldermen of most American cities touch costs more than il comes to. The expenses mount up rapidly and the returns dwindle down almost as rapidly. Instead of taxes being reduced by the projects evolved from lhe inner consciousness of aldermen they are increased. Instead of those projects proving a benefit to the inhabitants from a pecuniary point of view they turn out to be burdens. It may be said that American corporations should follow the example of the corporation of Glasgow ami adopt its methods. We are very much afraid that the attempt to do this would in every case prove a failure. It is not so much the Glasgow methods that are needed as the Glasgow men. The brand of aldermen that have done such wonders in Scotland's greatest commercial city is not produced on this continent. The essential element of 'heir make-up is wanting in the aldermen of America.—Colonist. The Plebiscite. : this modern instrument crowd of | wMehhask'lBia^ should now Wk notice the presence in the Province of a noted temperance worker, Rev. D. V. Lucas, who is making a tour of the country to excite enthusiasm amongst the friends of temperance, with a view of cementing all forces on behalf of the expected plebiscite. No time should now be lost in effecting tlie organization ofthe various temperance forces, and the best energies of all temperance workers be concentrated upon people. A representative of the. I ened the liberties ofthe people. Of j -his important mailer, for without Associated Press was informed this : course the writ of injunction is not new J organization poor results may be afternoon-that in official circles the I!"''''*,,"* "*' al"i1""'Bhow8 1,l,at it8 '•re" expected. As this is the first great i . e ,, ,, , niendous power has never been so in- _. ,: i l ..i , i i. . detention of Sun Yatsen at the yoked until within verv recent years. •*atlona| battle on behalf of temper- Chinese legation'is regarded as a It is plain that nothing now stands iii ance reform, it is earnestly hoped 'monstrous abuse of the privileges '*•■■•-' w"y ol'making this weapon the most that the ambitions of individuals, ofthe legation, which could not be .. i ........ .--■ tolerated font moment." After his release Sun Yatsen, in an interview, denied that hn enured the Cheese letraiinn of his own accord, as claimed by the Chinese officials. He said he wus passing the legation, which at the time he did not know as the Chinese official headquarters in London, when he met a Chinaman with whom he got into conversation. . reel and oppressive the modernilatv has cliques and societies will be sacri- kunwn, Under this method of proue- « i r ,t j - ,• dure au injunction is issued addressed hccd '"' the common good. In all to ih-whole world. It is printed iu ) campaigns it isabsolutely necessary swBpapurs, posted on telegraph poles that there shall be a leader, and buildings, and if any person who nne w|,0 has the t.|fi, a|1(j ab]|jly t hears of its execution shall bu charge! „„•,-„. ,• , , , ,., with violating its provisions ho is l"!me lnto "'"e S('lKi phalanx all the brought before a judge, and without trial different elements constituting the by jury, and with no riidit of appeal, is army; who is also endowed with summarily sent to prison. It is liar I to see how a free people would tamely sub- mil to this process, aud it is inconceivable that they would except from the fuel, thut they have grown so blinded liy The stranger in the course of achat, «''"lih,aml avarice that they are willhiL- ... a v- , •,.,., , Ito sacrifice the most vital principles of wilh bun Yatsen said that he also ; liberty forgold. Under this procedure came from Canton, and walking I Debs und his associates were sent to lull nliing thev soon met another Chi- for exactly the same 'thing upon which nese, who it appears emerged from W *ve^* also indicted and tried. After ,k„ ,' ,, , '.' . .ii . !a four weeks'jury trial one juror fell ill, the legation and was introduced to Lnd Ul0 ,he ,.Jasi; „.„-, ..„nJtjmle,|, hu[ Sun Yatsen by the first Chinaman, .'every juror had determined to acquit, as who, it develops, was the interim wm universally "known. The govern-1 ter of the Chinese legation, and ,'"?',th1n ttl886*1 .'l1.6 ,,,i,"i'lul ,"8";' l • ■ m " ... ' ,i i but a jutlge had fount them mu lv and who is named Tang. After talk- Lenttnerrito jail. Ami still a fe'w peeing a little the party was joined by pie care another Chinaman, and Tang there- | Even more striking than this is the IIP"n left, I showing made by this book of the vast number of remedial laws that courts Contin n Sun Yatsm-c d; We ben leturned and, passing, e le gation, ihe two remaining Chinamen asked me to enter. Before I could reply they pushed me inside the door and slammed it liehind me. Once inside the building I was forced upstairs to the fourth story by my companions, who were big men, and locked up in a room. Almost immdiately after 'live set aside as being unconstitutional. Almost every effort towards ameliorut- wisdom and discretion in directing the operations. Yet the success nf Ihe campaign in a large measure depends on the loyally of ihe rank and file. Therefore, while Mr. Lucas may be received as an old veteran in the cause of temperance, his friends should not expect him to accomplish everything. There is work to do which can only be done by individual effort and organization. In the latter there is danger of disaster unless the work is taken up by competent hands. There are many earnest temperance workers in this province who are not associated with any temperance societies, and whose assistance jug the condition of the poor hy law has ; should he enlisted in the formation Sto^n'ti,^ which may be absolutely neuessary to wipe out written ' formed to carry out the forthcom- coiistiiutions or have a different class of j ing plebiscite. Let all divisions men to administer the law, probably i and griovnnces be forgotten in the j face of this great crisis, and let those both, Advertise in l he Mail, the people's 5J£ have ™™^™ <>'* -**•<> q«*«- , ' " ' tion say so when they have an op- journal pojtunity, THE SEMI-WEEKLY TUESDAY and. 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SCOTCH BAKERY, VICTORIA ORKSOK.VT. D. H. BECKLEY & CO. Wholesale and Retail Batchers Bre!f' Cakes, VICTORIA CRKSCEXT, - Telephone 7-9. Xaxaimo, C. C. Meats delivered free of charge to all part* of the city. =*=— Office Tel. 30. P. o. Box 10. Residence Tel. 101. M. J. HILBERT & SON class Pastry, etc. All Materials used in connection with the above guaranteed to be first- Funeral Directors A™ Embalmers. Graduate* of lhe Orientttl, (he Kureka, the New Vork and ('lurk's Schools of Embalming- "\VILSONT & MATTHEWS, Proprietors. 1, 3 and 5 Bastion St., Nanaimo Commercial Hotel. | Beneral Steamship Agency Corner Commercial anil Bastion sis. Thl" tong*estAblt*hecl Hntel is ooinlortalily iitto'l up with superior ncconimod*. lion* Inr traveler* anil others. X. O'CONNEL, Prop. Trespass Notice. VVHEREA8. Certain evil-disposed ner- Biins have been kHHni* stork mi Valdez Island, Nanaimo District, it is BKSOIjVKI) in future that all persons found trespassing on the Wake Estate of 70ft acres and Indian Reserve of 1700 adjoining will lie prosecuted to the full extent of the law. (Suzned) BALDWIN H. WAKE. 8e*>t. IB, 1800. JOHN BASIL, Parties going to (he Old Country or sending for friends wiil SAVE MONEY By purchasing Tickets from W. B. DENNISON, General Agent. HUGHES ™lM0ES. Coiiiraeraial Btrnoti. ftbelftanaimoflDaU PUBLISHED EVF.I'Y TL'EdDAV. AND FRIBOAY BY THE MAIL PUBLISHING COMPANY Ed. V. Chambers. Editor and Malinger. Victoria Crescent. Nanaimo, B. C. SL-B9CHIITION BATES. By mall—One year.... ~ " Six inontlis . have great reason to feel justly? proud, or will it be to the be^t interests of all, to make one supreme effort to place our city in that position whicli it ii patent to all il ought to occupy. If it isdecided that the former is the better course to pursue, then we have no hesitation insaying that our citizens sljall -2s | soon witness the grand spectacleof Delivered bv carrier... .'.'.'.'.'.'.'ado. per mouth ; other cities less favourable situated, "drawing all the benefits lo be ..OCTOBER 21, 1890. TUESDAY , derived from the working of these i precious metals, while the property 1 in this city will depreciate yearly, land ere long become valueless as a We took occasion last week to result of being hemmed in and tied Now is The Tims. remind our-readers of the import- down hy a relentless monopoly. ance to be attached to the new dis-1 Our calm and unbiased opinion is, fi iveries and proiuis'ng develop.- that it would be far better were it ments that are every day coming to necessary to treble our rates of tax- hand in reference to the mineral ation, if (hereby we can open wealth of the electoral district of channels through which will flow Vancouver Island. streams that would set in motion We also drew lhe attention of the wheels of industries, thal-eould our readers to the important part, not be blocked by the blighting in- this city should play in the return-, Huences of such a monopoly as the ing prosperity, that was sure to E. & N. R. This is the plain (income as the result of working these varnished fact, in our humble mines. During the past week we opinion that now confronts our have received word from reliable citizens. sources of other valuable discoveries. We respectfully ask you, fellow- on Texada, also from Powell Lake, citizens to give this matter your comes the welcome news of a dis- serious consideration. Tliere is covery, in which some of our well- no use to hedge this question any known citizens have been the lucky ; ion?t,r. Let it be faced fairly and locaters. Then, again, many claims gqUarely, then settle it once for all. have been recorded in the Nanaimo j t- t*j*s *s not c*onCi 1U)(- ,na[ rji,]a Lakes district, while Alberni still speedily, we are constrained to pre- keeps forgjng ahead, day after day J fi-ct th;iL the time is not far distant addinggvidences that go to prove ffhen it will effectually settle you. to those who have thrown in their . _»* fortunes with that locality that The Police Investigation. they have not done so in vain, but that by honest effort they will soon j *•-,, ilave ijC.en reliably informed reap the golden harvest. ! that Mr. A. R. Johnston, the third There is at the present time a , memi,cr 0f the-Board of Polite large number of men out among Commissioners, has left the city oj) the hills in every direction, and an extended visit to the Kootenay many more are preparing to g°-1 country. If Mr. Johnson had fin- We wish them every success, though ' js]lec| his public duties as a member it may be taken for a foregone con- Lf ,|ie Board of Police G.ommission- clusion that many of those ad- erg) his private or business trips to venturers .will return empty hand-; [<*00tenay or elsewhere would be no ed. Yet it is well understood that | particular concern of ours, or the only by diligent searching that we general public. But he has not can eventually know the extent |iMishcd that iinportant.part of his and worth of our minerals, which rjutv *n connection with the police we have every reason to believe will enquiry, and that he should leave meet the expectations of the most ,|10 ,.,, v i,efnre a decision was ren- sanguine. dered is more than remarkable. We reiterate that it is high time ;■■••„> mental olfactory organs of ,our citizens were bestirring them- t|le pe0p]e of this city have already i-elves. There comes an opportun- heen too long polluted by tho foul ity in the experience oi every com-: fllmes from the moral cesspool un- munity, as well as in theexperience , covcrcd by the charges laid by the of every individual, which if.taken | Rev, ]> a. McRae against Chief advantage of, will open up the road | Crossan and Constable Thompson, to future success and prosperity.: t0 leave this now famous, or rather But if let pass, it never returns. We infamous, case any longer in abey- liave come to the conclusion, after anee. .Mr. Johnston's perceptivity carefully studying the situation, irjust be remarkably dull, or he that Xanaimo's opportunity is now would have gauged public opinion at hand. Shall we grasp it? Sure- more accurately than he apparently there can be found in pur midst |y did, in permitting himself to be- many who, with clear heads and come a party to pigeon-holing a stout hearts will step to the front ca8e 0f guch vast importance. As and for the good of all set in motion tl private citizen and business man the latent forces that now lay dor-. \ir. Johnston is in every respect an mant, and thereby eventually place estimable man, but—and that but is our fair city in that proud position ; sufficiently prominent to make .Md. that natural advantages has des- j PUinta'sgoat turn grten with envy— fined her to occupy. We are fully j as a member of the Board of Police aware of the extent of the feeling Commissioners he has proved a abroad in this city against any gigantic fiilure. He has shown proposition that may be brought himself sadly devoid of that qualifi- forward which savors of an increast ; Cation necessary in a public official in taxation. But we have come to j —self will and determination. In- Ihe conclusion that this feeling is deed, he is open to the suspicion founded to a large extent upon sen-1 that nature imposed on him a thin timent, rather than upon logical j Sausnge skin stuffed with water, in reasoning. Let us examine this lieu of a manly back-bone. If Mr. question and see what the facts of J«bnston honestly believed that the case will set forth. Chief Crossan and Constable 1. We find Nanaimoslands alone Thompson had dono nothing de- the only green spot on the east serving of censure or dismissal, he coast of this island Ihat is not should not have delayed an unowned and controlled, body and necessary moment in saying so. If poul, by that gigantic octopus,'on the contrary he believes the known as the E. & N. Railway. charges are sustained by the evi- 2. We find, ns we have before dence, then his action iu evading the Ftaterl, that great mineral wealth j i<sue i.s an outrage on every moral existB and is being developed in ' loving man and woman in the city. f,his district, which lays beyond the [t may be asked why we place the grasp i>nd control of this monopoly, whole blame on Mi:. Johnston, see* 3. We find ihat in Nanaimo the ing that he is but one of three greater part of its inhabitants are members of the board? Our rea- p inposcd of men who, while own- sons are simple and the facts are no in-; their comfortable homes, are longer a secret. Mayor Davison, dependent upon the coal mines jas a member of the board, before the operated in their midst for an ex-charges were made, had personally istence. 'seen enough tn convince him that 4. We find that Nanaimo is chief Crossan and Constable naturally situated to become the ; Thompson were guilty of such im- djstributing point as well as the propriety as merited dismissal. On point to centralise all lhe products the other side Magistrate Simpson of these mineral lodes for scientific has, shown by his actions through treatment. Therefore, the question the case that he was prepared to (hat now confronts us is simply this: acquit regardless of evidence. Con- Will it be to thc best interests of Ueiiuently the responsibility rested pur city generally to move along in ion Mr. Johnston to be guided by (he ?*even tenor of our wny" that, the sworn testimony. We said in has characterized some men and our last issue that any decision things in this city for the past arrived at by the board, as at ' twenty three years, of which they present constituted, would not meet with general approval, and suggested that the transcribed evidence be sent to Supt. Hussey for decision. Since then we have heard it advocated that the case be submitted to Judge Harrison, so as to remove it beyond the possible pale of party politics. We concur; all we desire is to get an impartial decision according to the evidence, and get it quickly. Broken Promises. The Hon. D. M. Eberts, Attorney- General of British Columbia, has at last arrived home irom bis somewhat prolonged vacation in England. We trust the Attorney-General feels fully recuperated in body and mind after liis summer picnic. Acting on the supposition that he is now prepared to.do a little work, and before that old-time tired feeling settles down on him again, we take the opportunity of reminding him of certain promises wliiili he made in thc Local Legislature last sprlna, about testing the constitutionality of the amendment to #hi* "Coal Mines Regulations Act*' of 1890, prohibiting Chinese from working in coul mines. We would also remind .Mr. Eberts of a little promise he made U» a delegation of coal miners last March, that he would have the case before the Supreme Court, at furthest, in ten days. Seven months have come and gone, and to all appearance, the case is as far from coining before the Supreme Court as the day Mr. Eberts made Jiis promise to the loo conliding miners. Mr. Eberts' memory must be of a very treacherous composition, or else his sense of honor in living up to a solemn pledge is extremely lax. As an inducement to the Attorney-General to redeem his broken promises, we pledge ourselves to do all in our power, when the opportunity presents itself, to place Mr. Eberts and his worthy colleagues in that retirement, which they are so richly endowed by nature to adorn. -*-«*-«» The Spectator. It is wonderful how anxious the old Free I'ress parly is lo put on airs of victory concerning the late police inquiry. The Free Press declares the want of evidence against the policemen, and the outside friends shake lhe hands of the defendants and congratulate them on their complete victory and innocence. Now, wc cannot have any stronger evidence of what tha friends of the accused really think of their position than the fact that they have decided the judgment before the authorities have had time to do so. Innocence is always prepared to watt; il needs not to create arti-' licial Influence in ils own favor. Uut weakness, wilh strong probability of guilt, is always in a hurry to make a noise and create a sensation for itself. I referred to certain facts in your issue of last week that must be considered by the commissioners, and ihat was evidence given by the defendants themselves. That cannot, so far as I am able to see, be reconciled with the honest duties of the policemen. If these statements had lieen made by the prosecution, I would have been prepared to say, we must see how they are 'borne out by other evidence; but this is their own side of the case, which, if placed by the side of tbe other, seems to make the position a very hard one to straighten. There is another side to this matter that the publio must remember. It is not only a question of prejudicing the case as presented by Mr. McRae, but of making it as difficult as possible for any person to take the responsibility of formulating any charge in the future. Theinire mud they can throw against the parties bringing the presentcbarges, however clear they may be, the less likelihood will there be of any other coming forward to place himself in such a position. This is one of the things in life which must be backed up by the people, if honest enterprise is to be found to figlit the demon, and 1 venture to think that even lhe Free Press is not so anxious about proving the innocence of the accused policemen as it is -to spit in the face nf its old enemies, and secure its own good in the future by deterring any one from coining forward to fight the battle of honesty. Theie are individuals and even enterprises in this city today whose only hope of prosperity is depending upon the disunity of honest organization for what is just and right; their strength is the weakness of the cement that binds the good people together, and thus it. is that even the professed friends of a good cause forget this, and allow other considerations to come in and influence them in favor of their own enemies. Once for all, I would ask the public to consider what is involved in this question in favor of wrong if these people are successful in blinding our vision to the facts of the case. IF YOU WANT_ Choice Groceries Cheap Robinson's, the Wallace Stieet Grocer. OUR MOTTO IS, SQUARE DEALING AND CLOSE PRICES Choice Butter and Tea a Specialty. A grand victory to Ihe saloon element, for whicli they can afford to shout for the future good it will insure—a grand license to prostitution, for its very existence, known to every one, cannot be proven if the present case is not sustained — absolute freedom for an officer to do as be likes, to take wiih him whom be likes, and to carry with him the passport for privaie individuals to betaken to those places and left tliere, thus giving these people absolute security in carrying on their dirty work, and becoming what some people contend that ihey are—a necessary eviiijj I do not want to make innocent men guilty, neither do I want to judge the case before the authorities have decided it, bul since the organ of Tammany has decided the question, I want the public to take the evidence into consideration, and since the Free I'ress has become the judge, I wish it to answer a few questions on this matter. If Fraser street is as bud as the Free I'ress made it out to he in its notorious leader, why should the policemen take privaie persons there and leave them in these places? Is the policeman who takes drink from the hands of one nf these women capable of being as independent as he ought to be to deal with these characters ? These two questions refer to both of the defendants, and tbe public have been told of their innocence. For the sake of the public will the Free Press please answer these questions ? I wish that the public streets of our city were as quiet as Fraser street. Two weeks ago Saturday night the streets were wild wilh lighting, from the top of Haliburton street down to the post-ofliee, and no policeman near. This was carried on for hours in the absence of any officer. On Saturday night last a fight took place in tlie Provincial hotel, and afterwards one of the combatants, who was terribly cut and bruised, was an object of interest to a crowd on the street for fully half an hour. The sight this man made for women and little children was anything but pleasant. An officer can easily pass from one end of Commercial street to the otlier in ten minutes, and there must be some loafing when no offi cer passes at least once every half hour on a Saturday night. The Spectator also notices that the policemen of Nanaimo allow street loafers full liberty. There are certain spots on Commercial street where gangs of men daily and nightly perch themselves on the railings of the sidewalk, and pass remarks about ladies who are passing. Many ladies have informed nie that they dread having to pass these places, as some one is sure to make a criticism. If the police did their duty no one would be allowed tosti.id longer than five minutes in one place, and in no case should men be allowed to loaf on the streets. The policemen themselves are guilty of this same practice, and it 'only goes to show the need of more strict police regulations in our city. Let this evil be discontinued for thc sake of common chcencv. COMMUNICATIONS. This'rolnmn is open to the public and we heartily invite the citizens to make use of it for discussing public questions. Editor Mail.—As one who was present in the Opera House last Wednesday evening, when thc ''Pirates of Penzance" was rendered for the second time, I join with you in giving the Dramatic Society all due praise for the ability and talent displayed, but I must say (and there are many more of the same opinion) that Ihe management evinced a decided lack of good taste and judgment when they permitted an otherwise highly cred ilable amateur performance to bo marred toward ils termination by the disgraceful doggerel of the rag- rubbing rhymer, who ruthlessly outraged the liner feelings of the vast majority of the Society's patrons by descending to the base lac- i 's of a beer-hall bard. It is a well-known fact that "what one wishes he readily believes," nnd perchance one or two others on Ihe slaue besides this 1 iw- minded charlatan and possibly a very few in the audience were fully in accord wilh the opinion expressed iu the crude creation of the cadaverous cleaner of old clothes; but to suppose for a moment that his vulgar manifesto found an answering echo in the hearts of but very few indeed of those present is to degrade the citizens of Nanaimo to the ranks of thc canaille from which one is led to believe the croaker himself sprung. And in this latter connection the editor of the Free Press is surely a fit expon ent of the opinions ex pres-el by **uch, for he reported the part Charlton took as "'clever '" and a "feature of lhe evening." How brainy is the editor! how ennobling his thoughts! and how exalted his ideals! who can find intellectual enjoyment in the rich and rare verse so kindly added to Sullivan's otherwise incomplete opera by the woolly headed individual, who in reality only managed to completely destroy lhe beauty of the closing chorus, leaving a nasty lasie in the mouths of tlie majority, besides degrading his fellow performers, among whom rank some of liurbest citizens, to the level of an itinerant company of barn-stormers-»and lastly to think of the like of Charleton daring to treat with levity a matter of such serious import to the moral welfare of the city, and to attempt before an intelligent audience to detract from the commendable efforts of Rev. 1). A. McRae and Mayor Davison (men whose characters are above reproach) to raise the police force to a respectable status, and thus assist in elevating the moral tone of the city. And that the editor of the Free Press abetted and lauded his poor efforts of Wednesday night last, only adds to .the universal contempt already felt and expressed on all sides for the editor of a paper who has ever been willing to publish a mean statement for profit, and whose mediocrity of ability and morals seems to render it impossible for him to give publi cily to commend a good action. Search Light, Awarueu Highest Honors—World' MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream ofTartar Powder. I*V lorn Ammonia, Alum or anv other adulter*! 40 Yc-ir- thr* .'**'---'■-•■-• We are compelled, (or want oi space, to holil over another lengthy communication from "Search Light," as well ns other items of interest. Don't Worry about your lienlth. Keep your blood pure by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and yuu need not fear the urip, colds, bronchitis, pneumonia or typhoid fever. To be a lion, is to have a lion's enemies. ki BAKKISTEUS. BARKER .1 POTTS, lliirrnters mul Solicitor,.. Conuiien'iHl (.treet. it t. cam:, Barrister and Solicitor, Room n, W. Jo Johnston liloi'k. MCINNES & Mi 1NNES, llarrlBtcrx, Room 0, Johnston lilock, Commercial street, YAHWOOll ,V: YOUNG, llarrlsteis, corner oi Ciiiuuiercial ami Uasllon streets. T, BOTANIST. HARDY, Botanic Drug-gun, Wlufleld Cre* cent, Try Uurily'B Tile ointment. DENTISTS. I) R. MASON, DentUI Extracting a specially. Qesand Ether administered, Olliee, Odd-Follow'S Block, Nanaimo. vy J. CURRY, D. D. 8., Green Block. class work guaranteed. DRUGGISTS. flRBSCENT PHARMACY. Ham.&BTEAMUN, '.' proprietors. Victoria Crescent. Dispensing and family recipes a specialty. MiIIOWKI.I,, ATKINS, WATSON CO., Limited. .'! Medical Hull, corner > ommcrcltil and lias- tion streets. Telephone l«8*6. DYE WORKS. X anvimii dye WORK8.—Dyeing, Cleaning ami Itepalrini; 11 Nicol Itreet, C. t ii.\m.l.>n, Mannf-cr. E1SI1 MARKET. fi HARSH, Wholesale Healer 111 Klsli and U. Game, llaslion street, Naiminio. INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL AGENT M WOLFE, Financial and Insurance Agent, • Johnston Block. 1! E A I, ESTATE—I NHll HA NOB. PORKMAN & HARDY, Heal Estate Brokers- Basltou street. SECOND-HAND STORE. D TAYLOR, Dealer in nil kinds of Now and • Seconil-lltiml I Kiniuirc, and Fancy Articles ol every descr(pl:.,n Masonic buildlnu. WATCHMAKER. (OS. M. BROWN, Watchmaker. Watches •I and clocks carefully cleaned and repaired. Corner church and chapel slreels. NOTICE. ALL FREIGHTS left on the Nunniino Wharf Co.'s Wharf will be ut owners' risk. A. R. JOHNSTON A CO., Wharfingers. WHEN YOU BUY^^-^ a. Jacket Ooatj^L, Wrap <^ YOU WANT THE BEST Best Style Best Fit Best Finish ... . ,. Best Value Vt e. havu them. Our garments were made in Germany to our Biiecial order. Newest styles in Sleeves, Collars, Bucks. Newest icilects. All the little details that give Finish. Then the price is right SEE OUR Children's at 12.00 and up. Ladies' at $5.00 up to $25.00 im iT! VT &C0. GREAT CASH DRY GOODS AND MEN'S FURNISHINGS HOUSE Commercial St., Nanaimo, B. C. Are now ready for your inspection, the a designs, quality and styles being the choic- J est from the looms in Great Britain. 5 Have also a job line of 100 suits of J ENGLISH AND SCOTCH TWEEDS AND SERGES \ Which I will sell for $27, the best value t ever shown in Nanaimo. Soliciting your i esteemed orders, and thanking you for \ past patronage, respectfully yours, J THOS. C. M0BGAN, Commercial Street. S ■W«^%%%%^^«j%-^^V^V%%<%.«,'%/%jVj%. **%--i .HAVE YOUR. Shirts, Collars and Cuffs j=m -DONE BY THE «=. Inoiieer Steam Laundry tm» j By so doing you will PATRONIZE WHITE LABOR ■r I And help to GET RID OF THE CHINESE! Dye Works in connection._-—m«bjs»^. P. O. Box 95. D. M. STEWART, Proprietor. EXCELSIOR MARKET MRS. tt. A. HOWE, I'rci-irletor, Cor. Haliburton and Nacfa Streets l.thM.l.cetor m pRJGES GOOD VALUES-.n,.. SQUARE nm ^^ In Staple nnd Fancy » Groceries, Dry Goods, Boots und Shoes, Patent Medicines, Etc. Give Her a Call and be Convinced Ooodi Delivered Free to eny t»"rt ci tho city Tine Crescent Boot and Shoe Store BHAKBBPSARK. To lie nr not to be, Hit tonnueB repent, t tin WHlTl-'ll'.Ui'.S famous boots ami sli«n*n he Ill'Hl? I,niifl OOho erlcH, " He bent they never will While leather1! leather, nn.l while vkUl In Bklll." BUltNB. Would 1 lmrt lived to oee ilk foot Fme licet to loe, frite note to euit, Weil covered wi' a WHITFIELD boot, Hue naet and bniw; O' health and happlnesti the root Are Ihey to a'. Had thev but lived to let me ken What good boot I* were, three score nnd ten Hnd neen me toddlln1 hut and ben At my eoneomii And churinlu* mankind wl* my pen. Higned, Itoiuiii: UuitNt*. IGOTT-, O Cnledontn, Mom nnd wtld, How hh'-t "ini.-t he each man and child, And mother, wife nnd maiden fair Who WIUTFIKLl-'H boots and ihoel niny wear Land ol brown heath and Hilary wood. You know bow (dieap thoy are and wood, The work that leaves their Skilful hand Halt none nupurlor In the land. My country's thrift in overthrown if lt ibis truth htl never known. SchoolShoeBa) WHITFIELD's Specialty. ) 3Q Victoria Crescent. L. H. HILLS Tbe Manufacturing Jeweler I» tipiiiti open for business at the old stand un COMMERCIAL STREET Opposite the Doon Hotel, .tewelrv made to* order and repaired. All work KUtirnnteed. Singer Sewing Machine Co. HAVE OPENED AN OFFICE AT 29 Commercial Street!' (Same building na Uol ley's shoe Store), vt here a Genera) Assortment of Sewing Machine Supplies Are kept ou hand. All kind* of Sewing Machines Repaired And Work (.uarnuteed. Ai uminnm., THE NEW METAL Makes the Most Permanent and Artistic Sign Letter In existence MRS. H, KM0HT NAN009B Solo Agcut for HrltWi Columbia Local Agent, JAS. HIRST mm*
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