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BC Historical Newspapers
The Ladysmith Daily Ledger was published in Ladysmith, in the Cowichan Valley region of Vancouver Island, and ran from July 1903 to December 1906. Ladysmith developed as a residential area for the employees of a large coal mine, and, in 1904, it had a population of approximately 4000. The Ledger was published by the Ladysmith Publishing Company, which also issued the paper under two variant titles: the Daily Ledger (April to July, 1905) and the Ladysmith Ledger (September to December, 1906).
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LADYsniTH Daily Ledge PUBLISHED IN THE LEADER OFFICE VOL. 2, A/M' TUESDAY, NOV. 8, IDOL PRICE FIVE CENTS ACCEPT PLANS FOR NEW CITY BUILDING Council Decide on Those Drawn Up by Wm. Nicholas For Fife Hall and Meeting Chamber Poundkeeper Appointed^Chief of Fire De> partment Sends in His Res' ignation The plan for the new lire hall and get council chamber were, presented at tlie city council meeting last night by Mr. William Nicholas, who had drawn, theni up. The plans provide for afire hall downstairs witli two police cells, a bed room lor the man in charge, also a lavatory. Upstairs is devoted to a council chamber, 3fi leet. long and 28 feet blond. He proposed that tlic entrance for the fire ball should .face towards Robert!, strait, the hall being placed back on ■the lot from the street. The building could be put up u,uibc substantially for about $.1,2(10. The plans were accepted ami Mr. Nicholas was requested to get oiti specifications. Tlie electric light bylaw t« ask the people lor authority to put in. <u plant, for street lighting will be brought in ne.vt week by Aid. Ilaworth. Pannell & Plaskett's water turbine was brought up again by tlie •Mayor, who said tlic linn bad lumen the water on llie street once more. The council decided that the cit> lake action against them forth with. Alii. Blair suggested tbat the law- yers and others would gel Mil or $51. out of this, _nd thai would pay lor a drain. Tlie Mayor said tbe question was one ol |ii'lncl|i|e, whether the bylaw could be enforced; His Worship also refer red to the subject ot a drain on First. Avenue. He Mioved that thc.people interested would agree to pay their share for one il it were put. in. He suggested that the city should lind out the .cost. The. Mayor was granted permission to get the information. Chief Morrison, of the fire department, handed in his resignation. On jiiolioii of Aid. Bcveridge it was decided to'call for tenders, the present chief being asked to retain the position till his successor was appointed. The Mayor reported that lie hail got Mr. John llliildic to give the estimate ol tlie sewer crossing the E. & N. track near thc loot of Robert)! street for $111. The Mayor was given a further extension ol a week t0 procure the information. Aid. Blair brought up the ohcstlon |__, school of the cemetery. Something had to',lassc_ nnil a vote without an assessment prepared. The Mayor said if the majority of the property holders wanted the wards divided up differently, they had a right to have it so. The vote, however, would not be binding, but •ould only be considered as an in— limation to the council. Aid. Nichnl ion moved that the bylaw be laid river lor a week, and this was done. The Wash-house bylaw was infro- Iti'rcd and read a first and second time. John McLean was duly appointed noimd-kccpcr and will proceed to gather into the pound the waifs anil strays. Elizabeth Rickard, of High street, wrote asking that the alleyway bc- 'lind her house lie cleared ol stumps, Jition. "No funds," will be tlic an- iwer of the Council, ris it -was useless in its present coti- The Council werc informed that the lose cart recently ordered in Porl- 'auil bad been shipped. Next came a complaint by R. II. tliehard id the condition of the cotr. uer ol Esplanade nnrl lladcu-l'owirl! itrcets, where a drain was needed. Phis was filed. letter from A. W. Harvey, the snr- ,-eyor who took the street levels, itates that he had heard from Mt. Hell, who stated that the profiles werc not to be included in the agreement lor the levels of the city. This came to $1111 moire, but he had pared down thc other account to $178.05, making in all $288.(15. The Mayor, had the city clerk read Vote Is Expected to be Heavy According to Reports Re/ ceived Men Arrested For Personat ingiv Row in New York Che Poo, Nov, 8.—(5.30 p.m.) The New York, Nov. 8.—Almost perfect weather conditions prevailed in Greater New York and early conditions pointed to a heavy vote in today's election. From the moment the polls opened at six o'clock the booths in many election districts were lillcil and lines of men stood waiting their turn to ileposit a ballot. While perfect order prevails in most sections of tlie city, trouble begun in some quarters almost at the atari anil arrests for alleged ill cos there, have offered terms of sur- legal. voting began almost sinurlfanc- render to the Russian soldiers, ac- iiusly with flic opening of the polls. I cording to advices leaving Port Dal- n sonic cases the arrests werc ac- uy yesterday. In the meanwhile the compnnlcd by disorderly iLinoi-lra-' ceaseless activity of picks andshpv- tions and at least two persons, a _io- els gradually advancing, spells incx- liccman and n citizen, werc .injured oralilc late to the watching Rus- had been in progress 20 ' OFFERS TERMS TO RUSSIAN SOLDIERS Rank and File of Port Arthur Defenders Sick and Weary of Prolonging Useless Struggle | General Nogi Sends Them a Letter Offering Humane Treatment to Those Who Surrender (Associated Press Despatch*.) long Japanese .besieging Porl Arthur, ig-. glory noiing Lieut. Gen. Stocssel, tliecom- ihe to hardship antl death to them. before votin, iniiiutcs.'JM VOTERS TURN OUT WELL. Boston, Mass.-, Nov, S.—Indications of Iln- polling of an unusually large vote throughout Massachusetts appeared iu the early, part of election morning. The weather was a trille .older. In Ur.;ton and the suburbs early reports told of a heavy polling. Opinions of Democratic leaders oll'er- 'cd upon today's election concede the state for President Kousrvclt _,. by perhaps (i(r,li()(l, hut claimed the clcc- ' tion of Wm. L. Douglas for Governor Predictions were made that the vote in Massachusetts would reach -125,- 000. Democrats estimate that Douglas will carry the city of Boston by over 20,000 and .Judge Parker about l.fOOO. A HEAVY KEELING. Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 8.—Thc vote in this city was very heavy during lhc early hours of the day, probably a draft of a letter to Mr. Harvey, owJnS lo {hli "ow ohi<> law closing be done to provide tools anil proper material for digging graves. There should be a house built for the tools. Aid.. Matthicson agreed with this, and Aid..Blair moved that the cemetery committee be authorized to .build thc house. This was carried. As John McLean was willing to act as grave digger he was appointed to the position. Aid. Nicholson said that it should be seen to that the graves were finished before a funeral took place. Hi saying that in the agreement with Mr. Bell, it was specUied to have Lhc profile. Aid. Matthicson said such was the agreement made with Mr. Bell iu his presence. The Mayor remarked that Mr. Bell may have been too low iu his estimate. Tf Mr. Harvey would admit this and leave thc matter to the council they would see what could be done, There were 75 yards of profile mid the job was very well done. Tbe Mayor's letter was considered satisfactory and tbe matter dropped. Accounts aggregating $107.47 wore 'passed over to the finance commit- salarics of $520 were also $51.90 for small school supplies. MANY RUSSIANS AGAINST WAR New York, Nov. 8.—A Berlin despatch tn the Times says: A circular widely distributed iu the Riiskian ar- was a most annoying tiling to have m» talllto tllc skict ™ntrol, has such an occurrence. The cemetery bylaw was put through Hie committee stage and third reading, nn amendment being made Using flic price for digging children's graves al $3, instead of $2,511. 'I'he revenue bylaw was alliriiicil. Aid. Nicholson gave notice of a bylaw along tlie lines of the provincial regulations governing the sale of milk which had been forwarded to the council by Dr. I'agan, secretary oi the provincial board of health. When the Wards bylaw came up Aid. Nicholson said lie favored thc measure, but there were a number of people objected to it. He would like to sec If referred to a public meeting. Aid. Hevcrlilge did not believe in peddling a liylnw round this way. 'Lot them settle it in the council. 11 it was not satisfactory let some alderman bring in another bylaw, or if tlie nest council did not care for its provisions they could change it. Aid. Mnllhiesnu was satisfied with the bylaw. II there was any way tn get a vote until an assessment reached here, 'It contains the follow ing' "No one going to the war returns. It is lietler lo defend our rights than to shed blood unnecessarily. We workmen cannot look on with iniliflereacc while our comrades perish." As a result, of these circulars further riots are reported at Kiiner, where several persons were killed and wounded. At Uoiloiniisk in a clash between reservist's ami police several men werc killed. C. fl..BARKER HURT. Mr, C. II. Darker is lying at the Nanaimo hospital seriously hurt as the result ol falling over a bluiT while out hunting near Wellington. His skull is fractured, his jaw and several ribs and one finger broken, lie- sides there arc a number of cuts and bruises on hill body. It seems that while walking with a ilecrrs carcase on his shoulders Mr. Barker in tho darkness fell over a high bank on Sunday night. 'Mr. J. Tcagiie, who was with him. stayed all night wit h the injured man and yesterday worn- but he could not'sceTow" they could _!« sccurc(1 W" to Uke Mm tD Na" naimo. the pulls at four o'clock. THE TEETOTAL STATE. Pioctland, Maine, Nov. 8.—Maine voters were called up curly today l_ ballot only fur presidential electors, but lhc prevalancc of desirable weather, it was estimated, would bring about a large vote. The slate is i tainted by llie Republicans by about 25,000 for Roosevelt and Fairbanks. JAM AT THE POLLS. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 8.—Clear, crisp weather was reported from all parts of Connecticut. In this city scores af voters were nn hand to east their ballots when the polls opened. The crush ol voters was unprecedented. In one ward one hundred men were in line before daylight. FINE IN INDIANA. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 8.—Election day in Indiana opened with fine weather. Both parties have made elaborate arrangements to get out the lull vote. Republican managers aro claiming thc state by 30,000, with a gain ol two congressmen and a ma- joiity in thc legislature. LOOKS DRY IN ILLINOIS. Chicago, Ills., Nov.8.—Optimism over election prospects prevails in the councils of Hie prohibition party. 'Oliver W. Stewart, chairman of the prohibition national committee, says he is confident Silas C.|Swallow will receive 800,000 of the votes cast today, which is mi ailviniiT of 00,000 over the ballot given John fl. Woolly in 1 DUO. A. _. Wilson, chairman of the slate committee, expressed his belief Ibiil Arthur (Inuilry would receive enough prohibition votes to send lilm to tbe house of reprcsenln- tincs from the sixth district, and Is also hopeful that several prohibition incuibccs of the legislature will he chosen in Chicago nml down stale districts. Oyster Bay, Nov. 8.—President Roosevelt with his parly arrived hero at 0.11 a.m. today on special trala and the president was driven directly from the station to the polling station in Hie fifth precinct oi Oyster Bay, where he east his ballot. kls he drew away from t.li.i polling place the crowd, which hail gathered to see him, cheered enlhuslasliraHy. BOW DID 1110 VOTE? Kingston, New York, Nov. 8.— Judge Parker voted here, having driven over from Esopins accompanied by his private secretary to cast bis ballot. srans. A Russian prisoner captured Oct. 20, said the lioldict's composing the garrison of Porl Arthur, in want and dispirited, saw ihe hopelessness of the struggle. Despairing of relief with.food scarce and medicine and hospital supplies insufficient, it was admitted by the Russians tbat a Japanese victory was ultimately inevitable. The soldiers according to thc prisoner, see no reason to pro- maiulcr of the Russian military for- \ hearing the prisoners story, General Nogi drafted a letter to be ilis- fributeil among the soldiers themselves, the prisoner having promised to deliver if in mercy lo his comrades. The letter related (len. Kuropatkin's retreats and his inability lo make an impression on the army of Field Marshal Oyama, to say nothing of breaking through bis forces and relieving Port Arthur. The letter also pointed out that the second Russian fleet hail just started on its slow voyage. Continuing, it called attention to tlie resistless advance of the .lapanese trenches, making it a matter oi ,weeks when the Japanese would walk into the Russian strongholds. In conclusion the letter, offered humane treatment lo all who surrendered, saying it was in the interests of humanity to prevent further, useless slaughter. 1 Several copies ol the letter! written in Russian, were given to the j prisoner, who regained the Russian lines unobserved by his oflicers. That night the Russian returned, saying his comrades would answer wit bin n few days. He said tili'e temper of the men seemed to- show that while Ihey were mutinous towards fate, they also did jiot like the idea of an unofficial surrender, The letter, did much, however,, to dis- ■pel among tbe Russian troops the iinplessioti fostered by their olliccrs, that a massacre would follow a Japanese victory. The company tn which the prisoner ln-longed originally mine SHOT BY HER BROTHER Catharine Emilis, the 12-year old daughter ol Frederick David, was Ishot at Maync Island, under peculiar circumstances. About 0 o'clock on Saturday morning an otter was ..fen on thc beach. The David children bad noticed il, and the eldest, a boy about 1-1 years ol age, ran to the house near by lor bis rifle. He took aim at the animal from behind a small building and in the excitement of i the moment bad not noticed a younger brother, who was getting in the range of the weapon. This little fellow Catharine had gone to rescue, when slie received thc bullet in her own body. Her approach bad been unobserved because ol a building standing bc- lirother was taking aim. Iwiecn her anil the place where her The bullet passed through her abdomen, and a remarkalhlc feature about the sad affair is the fact thai the same shot killed the otter. As soon as nossible, the father of tlic wounded girl placed her in a boat and rowed lour mill's until the steamer Otter was met. She was then transferred to the steamer and taken to Victoria where she died in thc hospital. WOMEN FIGHT DEADLY DUEL Wife of Wyoming Farmer Kills Another With Revolver Shot resistance which brings , and rocky ground interfering with their officers but chiefly ll'e sapping. It is now considered Upon ,tmit the capture of Rihlung mountain and East Keekwan mountain without At/, and Bias mountains is not sufficient to enforce the Russians to abandon the city proper. STILL TOUCHING. Tokio, Nov. 8.—Reports from the Shakhe river state that both armies are still strengthening their positions along the river and are busily preparing lor another great battle. The scouts arc constantly in touch and frequent outpost skirmishes occur but there is no likelihood of a general engagement for the present. Reinforcements of Russian troops, guns and supplies are constantly arriving at thc front filling the gaps caused by the crushing losses at the battle of Shakhe river. JAPANESE LOAN. London, Nov. 8.—The prospectus of llie new Japanese loan ol $00,000,- 000 will be issued tomorrow or Thursday; hall ol tbe amount will lie olfereil in New York and hall in Loudon. Mukden, via Pckin, Nov. 8.—Artillery firing was continuous all along the lines on Monday and intermittent this morning. A battle might commence at any hour. It will be a question of many days il not weeks to decide the position, which is the most interesting since thc commencement of the war. Each side is waiting for the other to attack. JAP WARSHIP SUNK. Shanghai, Nov. 8.—It is reported ! in British naval circles that a Jap- | anciie man-al'-war has been sunk by a mine off Port Arthur. I Thc olliccrs and crew ol the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Rycshi- rtelni which the Japanese cut out of Inofficial news received Irom Porl the harbor at Che Foo on Aug 12, Arthur since Saturday reporting of „_ve arrived here on the Manhir the progress made by the besiegers, with the exception ot their comman- that the Japanese opera- der who escaped at Wosong. He is perareeiling satisfactorily, probably now homeward bound on a suoiiuiuioj oiio|souii| •X|.vvoIs i|»„oi|, B_rma„ mail stcamcr. men. Indicates lions are Evnnston, Wyo., Nov. 8.—Mrs. Leon Denial's shot in a duel by Iter neighbor, Mrs. Nancy Richards, is conversation dead. Several times the women had come to blows, and each had warned the oilier the next encounter would be with guns. Mrs. Denials went to Mrs. Richard's , ranch near Fort Bri- dgcr and upon being ordered away, displayed a big revolver. Mrs. Richards had been carrying a weapon iu expectation ol meeting Mrs. Dcnuus. Mrs. Richards says Mrs. Denial's fired first, but there were no other witnesses. At the second shot Mrs. Demurs fell with a bullet, iu her THE KAISER'S DIGNITY HURT Small Boy Locked Up Because He Was Not Re/ spectful New York, Nov. 8.—A Berlin despatch to the Times says:. At Lissa, province of Poson, a 1.1-ycar old boy, AdellM'ii (Irsek, has heeti sentenced to three months imprisonment for Icsc-majeste. \\hile at school in with other hoys he con- ilcrnncil thi' neutrality of Germany in the present war ami also made derogatory remarks about the Kaiser. MAY KK-OIM.N MILLS. Kail Hiver, Mass,, Nov. 8.— The Cotton Inauufactitters of this city, whose mills have been idle sitae July on account of a strike of 25,- peraUvcs over 12 per cent, rewired, OU'APPELLE GOES LIBERAL Winnipeg, Nov. 8.—Levi Thompson, Liboral, has been elected in Qu'Ap- pellc by twelve majority. Roche, Conservative, has fifty majority in Marquette, Mnnitoha. Bole's offi- cial majority in Winnipeg is 270. Montreal, Que., Gov. 8.—It is reported that Col. Sam Hughes, niini- bcr elect for Victoria. Ont., has expressed willingness, if the consent of his electors is obtained to resign in lavor of H. L. Borden. Sir.Wilfrid Laurier has also Intimated lhat il the Conservatives will consent to the return by acclamation of Aylcs- worlh in Gaspc, Liberals will not oppose the return for any constituency which may lie opened for Borden. 000 iliictioi. us today voted to brents, but kept on firing, eniplying open their plants In such help as dehor revolver. Mrs. Richards also fir- "'ml lo resume work under the reed six shots. Until are wives ol duced wages. ranchers, They aro thirty years old. Mrs. Richards was arrested. ———o- FOUND DROWNED. Winnipeg, Man., Nov. 8,-Tho body ol Thomas Kin I veil was brought to tho surlacc in Thunder bay, Port Arthur, Inst evening, lie had been missing a month, hut it had been reported he had gone east. An effort wns made in France this summer to revive the old fair at Itciiut'iiiie, which wns so Famous at the end of tho I8l.li century, lu 1730, 10,000,000 franrS' worth of business was transacted there, but thc fair gradually lost its importance, until ■ the railway filially came along and spoiled il all. Janeiro A bill BRAZIL'S NAVY. New York, Nov. 8.—A Rio epcial to the Herald says: for thc increase of the the ar...y and chamber of deputies and is pending navy which has been approved by the the senate, provides for several eminent will order three cruisers ot war vessels during 1005. Tllc gov- 12,000 Inns each and (en torpedo hoals of 'Mi knots. AT THE ABBOTSFORD. P. Q. Cudlip, Victoria. J. D. Campbell, Nanaimo. A. Street, Vancouver. LADYSMITH LEDGER k LADYSMITH LEDGER STRANG-- CITY OF AFRICA. liis slops, uiiil, going to the hotel, I France's growing influence in the lay down on u snia in tlie office anil Published every day except Sun- Sahara has just been Illustrated in fell asleep. lie has slept continii- dav at The Ledger Building corner a remarkable manner. The inhabit- [ously since, despite numerous efforts ol First Avenue and French street, Wte of the ruinous town of Aiaiian j to rouse Him. Oc rasionally Ire opens Ladysmith British Columbia, by tbe sc,|lt 'Mr loading men to the. »rcncli,, his eyes, hut closes them in a few Ladysmith Publishing Company. I voluntarily offering to place their moments. Hums wns released Dram SUBSCRIPTION! RATES. town tinnier tire government of France lite asylum at Kankakee a few By mail in Canada and United 'Bury asked that ollicials he sent " Slates there to establish French rule. . ,' .. „„ Tlio French had not been within One year (In advance). |8.00 an ^ j^ Six months (in advance) 1.50 Jolmny came niarcbing home. "You sec," he explained, "the ears were so crowded that I couldn't get on."—Cleveland Leader. Delivered in the city (per month) .50 Only two white men had ever seen it. One of them W'as Major Laing, who passed mouths trouble. ago us cured ol a mental PETS I>' WARSHIPS. Tlie privilege ol keeping pets is very much appreciated by blue-jack- ADVERTISING RATES. U|„.oufin Amua|, m im> a|„, _ (iay Transient—Including business no-|0r two later was. murdered near the 'els, who lavish their spare lime and tlccs, calls lor tenders, applications jtocn. Lasn aa some very strange animals, lor and transfer of licenses, legal The other was the Austrian ex- Thc centurion once had a monkey notices, etc., 10c a line first Inser- ploror Lcnz, who visited Arauan in I , , , , .,, ,„„„ tion, 5c. a line each subsequent In-f 1880, and wrote the only description t,,at usral to eat W'Ul ^V°m '"'" sertlon; 12 lines measure to thc]of it that we possess. lie found i" P'atc and drink from a glass, with Inch. Messrs. Blair and Adam . secured the agency of the Clnyslal Laundry Co. to Viotiiila. All parcels and orders left alth litem will receive prompt and on rein' altc" COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING. Rates on application. Cuts for regular use should be all metal. Advertisements not Inserted for a specified time will be charged lor until paid and ordered to be discontinued. All changes of advertisements must be received at this office on the morning ol thc day ot issue. Subscribers not receiving paper regularly please report to this office. All job work must be paid lor on delivery. Transient advertisements must be paid In advance. POLITICAL EXPERIMENT. Tiiere is all tlie charm of novelty about the plnn proposed by tbe Conservative leaders in thc province of Quebec, to allow »H tllc seats in thc legislature to go to the Liberals by default, as a protest against the Parent government appealing to the country on the crest ol the same wave of popularity that has carried the Laurier government safely into harbor, The Conservatives take the ground that while the life of the legislature Iras still a year to run, it is not in tire interests of the country that an unnecessary election should he brought on at this juncture by the Liberals for party purposes. There is a good deal in this jilea, no iloirkj.. A government has the right as long as it retains the confidence ol the house, which is practically the same as the first mfnislor retaining llie confidence of the Crown iu the iicr- that the Sheik who ruled Arauan, I tho dinner napkin tucked under his bad in'iiis possession tlic papers ami chin the while. The Caesar liad a oilier properly of the murdered Laing pot goose some time back, Cats nnd but would not part with theni. There j dogs. ol course, arc common on is little doubt that France will now secure them and that the mystery of the later adventures of this daring explorer will be denied up. There is no oilier town in the Sahara like Arauan. rtfcanuol lie call- board ship. Tlie French warship Marseau had a bantam cock named Boulaiigcr as a pel, which crowed whenever the guns werc filed. The German Prins WUhclm had a grey stork', and tho United Slates Chi- NOTICE Esquimau & Nanaimo Railway I Time Table No. 50. Effective April 14, 1004. Trains leave Ladysmith, Southboond dally at 0:10 a. in,, and on Saturdays Sundays and Wednesdays at 5:06 p. m. Trains leave Ladyemith, Northbound, at 11:67 ii. m. and.on Saturday*, Sundays and Wednesdays at 6:46 p. in. Excursion tickets on sale from and to all stations, good for going journey Saturday aud Sunday, returning not later than Monday. ed an oasis, for it is in the midst'of cago. had a pig. Doves, pigeons, tlie wildest sand waste in the great desert, and scarcely a blade of grass grows there. There is enough vegetation to feed a few sheep and camels, but the people seldom have any fodder to sell, und yce there is good reason why about a hundred bouses have stood here for generations among the great sand dunes that tower around theni. From the fiat roofs of the houses, nothing can he seen but the pale yellow sandhills. It would be inconceivable that human beings could live in such a place if wc did not know that the town has an extraordinarily large quantity of water. Arauan occupies a depression in the desert, and though water is obtained only by digging very deep The town is on the caravan route wells, it is an inexhaustible supply, from Timbuktu, and at AMUian one branch of the road leads to Algeria ami the other to Morocco. No caravan is so large tbat it cannot be supplied there witli all tho water it heeds. II is the one c - modity of tlie place. Thc inhabitants make their living by selling it. There are two rqasons why the ]«.'(>- plc have not been able, oven witli boundless water resources, to create an island of vcrduc in tlic midst of tire frightful sand waste. In the first place tlie waccr is drawn only from wells, whicli make il impossible lo cultivate any large area. son „f ,l„. Lieulr...i..l (Invrrmir. t.,'1 If0" *? ■¥" * ™T *»• .?"" V'.niiy in a few small areas can soil Ire blacklii ds and peacocks arc popular with Italian seamen, and tire unfortunate AI ml ran le Oqiiendo of Spain, had a pair of cassowaries as pets. W.G. Fraser Merchant Tailor (ist Avenue) Frill Slock Just Arrived. Cull early nml get your pick of tlie largest and best stock in town. reached on which crops can be grown Water will not make grass and olive trees grow where their roots would penetrate no kind of earth except minute fragments ot quart/.. So the supplies lor the people ol Arauan have always been* brought from Timbuktu; a hundred and twenty miles to thc south. Water pays for everything they possess except the clay of which their houses are built, and this they obtain when tlicy dig deep wells for the excavations extend through the sand surfurc t0 claybeds. The fact that tlio people would starve if Timbuktu were not their granary doubling explains the voluntary submission ol this desert foik to the French. Timbuktu is now the capital ol n large district in the French Western Soudan. The natives have water, but the only source of their food supply ale in the hands of white moii. This is the reason why these isolated and lanatical people have gone to the whites to beg for friendship and protection, appeal to the country at any time it is considered necessary lor the \ rflo; plc to pronounce a verdict en its policy; qui it is not well (o a|)isc this privilege hy too fK-quent elections, one of the reasons for the term of the life of tlic house bchiri limited to lour years being nn intimation of the average length that under one administration tlie legislature should sit. At the same time ill has universally been admitted that it is quilc constitutional, and good politics also, for a prime minister lo gauge the most favorable opportunity for his government to go before the people, and to advise the Lieutenant Governor or Governor Clener- or at thc case may be, that such an appeal is doslrcd. To refuse it would mean that, the Prime Minister had lost the confidence of the Crown as an advisor, and some one else would have to he called in, which would mean nn election in any event. Tlic nearest approach we rciiicnilie'r to tlic decision of flic Conservatives of Quebec to leave the field entirely to their opponents was the fight in the legislature in Ihis province over Hie Redistribution hill while the Turner government was in power. Alter sitting nil night, the Opposition, _- hy Mr. .Seinlin, walked I nut, of the house, (with tlie exception of Mr. Kc.llc ol West Kootenay) and allowed the government to put tbrough n lurgc pro- tion'nf the hill before returning. This famous sitting lasted from 2 o'clock one afternoon until 3 o'clock thpnidxt day, twenty-five hours lu all. What will he the effect of tlie IJiieliec house being manned entirely by Liberals tit is difficult to imagine. Every menu- licr.will want his slime of the appro, priations for his own district, the government will have just so ninny more mcmliors to keep in good temper,and as it will be found Impossible without some common loe to fight, to keep the whole body in line, there arc sure t.o spring up tactions and nn Internecine war Hint might cause dfecliiins and rows, ending in splitting the Liberals Into two par1 i ties In twain,,'. It, will ta a|Q,V|NG STRENOTH AND very pretty experiment lo watch, fori ASLEEP THREE WEEKS, .lames Burns, of Gardner, Illinois, 1ms liecn asleep three weeks. Ile went bo church three weeks ago, walked pnrt of the way up the aisle, stopped, and, after staring into vacancy for a few minutes, retraced NORTHERN PACIFIC RY. CO, Corner Government and Yates streets Victoria, B. C. THREE 3-TRANSCONTINENTAL—3 TRAINS DAILY. If You Are Going to the ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION, Take the NORTHERN PACIFIC RY., cither via St. Paul or Billings. New Tourist Cars on all trains. Fine connections made from Victoria by night or morning boats. Only line having through service to St, Louis without change of cars. Tick. cts on sale October 3, 4 and 5. Fare to St. Louis and return, $07.50, good for three months, returning any line; also cheap round trip rates to all points East, on account ol the Fair. Parties going via St. Paul to St. Louis or Eastern points should not miss a trip on the famous "North Coast Limited." Steamship tickets on sale to all European points. Very low rates now in effect. They will not last, Cabin accommodation reserved by wire. For lurther Information call or phone (No. 456) to the ollice. A. D. CHARLTON, C. E. LANG, A.G.P.A.N.P.R., Gen'l Agt., Portland, Or. Victoria, B.C. At THE MOST NUTRITIOUS EPPS'SJOCOA *n admirable food, with all its natuial Qualities Intact, fitted to build up and maintain goodhealth and to resist winter's extreme cold. Sold in half pound tins, labelled James Epps&Co., Ld. Homoeo- C hem ist s, London, Eng. EPPSUOCOA On Ist Avenue All Work Done at Reasonable Rates MBMWt-a&MtmnMnMH-g1 FARMERS' MEAT HARKBT On ist Avenue Oeo. Roberts . - . Proprietor Bin in n ii, 11 lit i for transient sn permanent hoarders end lodgers GRAND HOTEL Thiniuew hotel line been comfortably .furnished anil llie bur is up-to-date Rates $1 00 end upward, Wm. BnvimiiiuB, Prop, K'plansile Ladyemith THE FRANK HOTEL Esplanade, Ladyemith Board by the week or month at reason ible rates. The leading bar in the city. Victoria Phoenix beer. FRANK BABY, Prop. HOTEL DOMINION —Rates $1.2r"i and $1.60— Free bun to nil steamboat landings and rail wrrvl'le <.t«. Electric cam every Ave minutes In ill puis ol the cily. Bur and table ur. ..-,. led. I'. BAVNE3, Proprietor, ABBOTT ST., VANCOUVER, B.C, NEW WESTERN HOTEL A good Boarding House and Hotel where there are good tables and beds. MRS. MARY DAVIS, Prop. HOTEL LADYSMITH RATES-rfl.OO per day. Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars. First Avenue, Ladysmith, B. C. D. C. WHITE, Prop. KING'S HOTEL Fourth Avenue. Board by the day, week, or month at right prices. Bar well supplied, JOSEPH AND TASSIN. IHE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE WITH WHICH IS AMALGAMATED The Bank of British Columbia HEAD OKF10E: TORONTO. QEORliE L. COURTNEY, Traffic Manager. ************************************************+m I Coal! - Coal! i > —. . Wellington Colliery Company, Ltd. ,: Wellington Coal Best household coat ou the Pacific Coast ., Comox Coal—Best steam coal on the Pacific Coast :: Alexandria Coal—First-class gas, steam and household coal The above coals are mined only by the Wel- : liugton Colliery Company. Wharves at Ladysmitli, ;; Oyster Harbour, and Union Bay Bayues Sound. : Head Office Victoria, B. C San Francisco Agency, R. Dunsmuir's Sons Co'y 340 Steuart St. ************************** **************************' Fire, Life and Accident Insurance, Loans, Notary Public A BAROAIN IN HOUSE PROPERTY. I am offering a House anil Corner Lot in a good locality lor $150.00 Terms. J. STEWART, Box 208, Ladysmith. W^awr^!,.,^*^^..^^^^^ THE TYEE COPPER CO., Ltd. PURCHASERS AND SMELTERS OP COPPER, OOLD AND SILVER ORES. Smelting Works at LADYSMITH, B.C. Convenient to B. & N. Ry or the Sea f I I 1 I I CLERMONT LIVINGSTON, THOS. KIDDIE. I General Manager. Smelter Manager. rti»|-teftfe»!-tefi*»l'«»>r^'fe»)'fe*'^ft'fe*^*'_.ft._.ft^_^.fcwtf).^.1^^ RATBS tl 00 I'HR DAY SAMI'I.li ROOMS I1AR SUPrt.lHIl WITH IIRST WINKS, UO.UORS, CIGARS ABB0TSF0RD HOTEL Beat ace << A J. MeMl sllon in (own. Splendid limiting and fishing In near vicinity, RIE, Proprietor LADYSMITH, B. C. ISLAND HOME HOTEL BATES A KNIGHT, Proprietors. First Avenue, - Ladjsmith Best supplied bar in Ladysmith. Finest accommodation for transient guests as well as for regular boarders. Completely refitted and furnished. Dining room and housekeeping in charge ol Mrs. Tate. NOTICE. The undersigned firm has opened a manufactory and are now making the celebrated Empire Cigar. Stock will be rsady for the market about O r. 10th. THE EMPIRE CIQAR CO. F. McB. YOUNG, BARRISTER and SOLICITOR Nanaimo B.C The City Market R. Williamson, Prop., 1st Ave, Ladysmith It lias the elements ol some political combinations, lieculiar VIQOR. Capital Paid Up 1(8,700,000 He»t ,'1,1100,000 Agrgatn resources exceeding 8:1,000.000 Hon. Giio, A. Cox, President. K. K. Wai.kkr, General Manager. London Office, (SO Lombard St., E.C. Tlie Bank lino 101) Rrannhes welt distributed thronshout the Dominion «r,d elBewhere, Including the following in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory! ATLIN GRKKNWOOD NANAIMO VANCOUVER CKANI1IIOOK KAM LOOPS NELSON VICTORIA DAWSON LADYSMITH N. WESTMINTER WHITE HORSE Branches In the United S'ates NEW YORK SAN KUANOISCO PORTLAND SEATTLE SKAGWAY Every description ol banking businSBS transacted. Letters ol credit ou any LADYSMITH AERIE part ol the world. O. K —' Savings Bank Department. Deposits ol one dollar ($1.00) and upwards received and Interest psid at car- I ■' " ' " ' ■' m; I jm k 11 dilsj ii 11 pin it j, ti v ri| dim 11 finn LADYSMITH BRANCH < - PAINTING, PAPER HANOINO, ETC, Work done properly and at right prices. Shop and residence In rear of Ladysmith Motel, J. E. SMITH, Prop. Or- W. J. Quinlan, DENTIST Stevens Block, Lailysmllli, B. C. Dentistry In all its branches; every new appUan™. M. ,R SIMPSON £ oltor, Etc. Mono* to Loan 1st Avenue ■ ■ - MDYSMITh GEO. WILLIAMS, Manager. NO. (180, F. Meets in the Opora House Ist and 3rd Tuesday at 7.30 p.m. Worthy President, A. A. Davis; Worthy Secretary, O. H. Rummlngs. W. SILI GENERAL £XP;r;!8 AND PELIVVT WORK PROMPTLY " Leave orders at tlio Abl.otstord. The Ladysmith Opera House Can lie secured for Theatrical purposes, Dancing parties or Enter- tainmsuts generally, D. NICHOLSON. Prop , I LALYSM1TB LEEGER 1 .1 is CRUISE OF ! THE NEPTUNE Cape Sabine, in South Sound was the northermost point readied by the expeditionary steamer Neptune, which returned Irom the Arctic Archipelago a couple of'wccks ago. Official reticence of the objects and attainments of tlie expedition has led to continuous misrepresentation ol both. It has boen stated frequently during the past year, that the expedition, under Mr. A. P. Low, was instructed .by thc Dominion government to claim sovereignty over tho region hy forma! annexation. Such, oi course, was not its object, as tbe regions north ol Hudson Bay werc in possession ol Great Britain two hundred ycam belore the conquest ol Quebec, ami possession ol theni has never been disputed. In order that there might be no doubt ol their transference to Canada by the Act of Confederation, an imperial order in Council was passed' in Soptcnihcr, 1880, annexing to Canada all the British possessions in North America, excepting Newfoundland, including the. Arctic Archipelago. For the expedition under Mr. Low to have done any annexing would have 'been to proclaim that any islands not so annexed did not lielong to Canada, and had been accordingly open to acquisition by other countries. Mr. Low and his parly found several reminders oi the past.. At Hea- rby Island there were remains ol thc ill-fated Franklin expedition, and two graves marked by wooden slabs told their own story. Besiaes them was a marble slab given by Americans am1 taken up by McClintock, but as there was nothing to make a foundation for it, it was laid alongside the graves. Mr Ixiw suggested that some future expedition should take up material and set the stone properly. Sonic interesting relics were brought home. One is a cart that was probably taken out by one ot the Franklin relict expeditions. The wrecks of two boats, oue a mahogany lifeboat, and another a sloop, were lound. Picture frames werc made from pieces ot these as souvenirs of thc expedition. Mr. Low also got an inlei'iMiiigsou vcuir of Pcruy's expedition in tlie shape ol a picture ol the Windward, latai from Peary's cabin, which itself was made from the cabin ol the Windward. At Bcachy Island, an important record was found of the ship Ojoa of the Swedish magnetic jmlar expedition. It.was date<l April 27, 1003. II is said that the ship nnd party had gone down Peel .Sound to winter ns near tho magliellc pole as possible. Mr. Low brought away the record which he has handed to the government. A copy will be sent to the Swedish government as thc ship is still ih the Arctic regions. Mr. I.ow look a census' ol the Eskimo population lu thatr district and lound that 'these people iu Baffin Lam! and Labrador together will number 2,500 souls. Mr. Low dc clarcs emphatically that Fort Churcl: ill is llie only good porl ou Hudson Hay. Through it, however, an enormous portion ol the traiisatlantii traffic to and Irom Western Canada could be shipped during three and a "hall months of each year. The strait between Hudson Hay and the open Atlantic is open lor at least thai length of time each year, and by using this route the distance between the western whcnlflclds and the markets ofthe Old Country would be shortened by a thousand miles. The Neptune's course along the coast ol Hudson Hay showed that the rivers emptying into the great Inland sea are filled with salmon ol better quality limn are .found on our British Columbia coast. Leaving Ciinilierlanil Sound on July 35, the Neptune proceeded north through Baffin Bay to Capo Sabine, imliil ns the headquarters of so ninny polar and polar relict offncili- tlons. It was there that fourteen out of twenty men oldrccly's expedition perished ot starvation. Bcachy Island, the hcaili.iai'tecs ol Sic John Franklin-s parly, anil where also tbe Franklin relief expedition lu 1898 passed its first winter, was visited, and many Interesting relics ol the ill fated Franklin expedition were found. Only one American whaling vessel and four Dundee whalers were met with in Hudson and Baffin Rays. Tho American whaler belongs to a company which has Its headquarters in Hudson Hay. There is no disposition whalevor to resent or resist Canadian jurisdiction in those waters. On the contrary, It is welcomed as affording security and protection, and the American ship will enter alongside the Dominion steamer Arctic, Captain Hcrnlcr's vessel, at Cape Function, on tho northwest coast of Hudson Bay. The whale fishery seems to be pretty well depleted, as only three or (our were taken during the cruise ol the Neptune. Mr. Low Is satisfied lhat for three and a half months ,,> the year the Hudson Strait Is navi gable lor commercial purposes, during which it will be conceded an immense amount ol grain could be shipped to Europe via Hudson Bay route, were the long-projected railway constructed Irom Manitoba and thc Territories to thc west coast ol that great inland sea. "Old boots, ironwork and provisions lelt by the different Franklin expeditions have been lying on Bcachy Island lor filty years, and have apparently not been interfered with. The natives around Pound Island are very sickly. I saw several suffering Irom hemorrhage ol the lungs, and I was informed by sealers at Pond Inlet that no liquor is over given to natives. One ol the missionaries al Blacklcad told mc that the trade s give the natives rum alter severe work or exposure. Though thc sun was shining twenty-lour hours a day new ioe was forming off Cape Sabine, Cumberland Sound was packed full ol ice where last year it was clear., Also at Cape Haven where wc saw no ice last year wc were unable this year to get the vessel into Die harbor. Off Eclipse Sound the salmon-trout were plentiful. Two ot thc Neptune's lioats went out at that place and in two hours caught about a thousand fish, tlicy averaging six pounds in weight. Cod were plentiful at Burwell. Off Cape Alexander, in South Sound, I saw hundreds of walrus. "In a report on a trip to Repulse Bay in July and August, Staff Ser gcant Dec writes of troubles with mosquitoes, fog, rain, snowllurricn and pack-ice, practically altogether. The 'inosqiiitoes aro very ted for six weeks; so liad, in tact, as to drive thc deer to the salt water to the banks of snow and ice, where they are easily killed by the natives. These. Arctic deer are, small, ranging Irom seventy-five to a hundred and fifteen pounds when dressed." The prevailing disease among tin natives was a lorm of dysentery, which carries them off quickly. The Eskimos arc also subject to consump lion. Thc Natchlicks, who live al Repulse' Bay, are a very numerous inland tribe, nomadic in their habits, and without guns. They use the spca'r, bow and arrow. The meat. tlicy cat raw. The musk-ox, deer, fresh-water seal, and salmon trout, provide them with lood, clothing and fuel. o (DOCTORS AND DUELLING Thc Congress ol doctors at Oxford were provided with a thoroughly interesting aud novel entertainment. In the gardens at Wnilham College, where the ceaseless energy ol Mr. Doyne, the famous oculist, had provided a fencing match between Ox- lord and Cambridge veterans, with the object ol demonstrating thc speed ol the human retina in moments of peril, and the number of fatal wounds a man might receive before he succumbed. With twenty-two punctures in various parts o! their anatomies, thc. Dark Blue team were obliged to confess their inferiority to the Cambridge men, who, weakened as tlicy wero by sixteen more or less mortal thrusts were able to tagger off the ground lo thc con- ersa/.ione given ill tlic museum, alter dinner. The prize lor endurance was unanimously awarded to Mr. Allen, of Oxford, who submitted himself in the interests al science to no less than six separate and distinct subcutaneous abrasures ol varying depth; Adams and Carter sacrificed themselves three times, Hancock four and Huttiin twice. Newton Robinson, of Cambridge, refused to allow more than two hits to be made upon him, hut, though Willli was content with a singlb perforation, he was able to prevail on his comrade, A. Ross, to provide lour interesting examples of puncture in thc trunk and lower limbs; while Clay, Dcri- gan and Ogilvic were bit three times Henry Ballour presided over these interesting experiments. — London Telegraph. o ' Thc vicar ol Little Hutton, England, does not like makers ot tombstones to cut thcir names on the stones, but allows thorn to do so on slimes placed in his graveyard il they jiay $2.50 tor the advertisement. ment. o Tho number ol visitors to the Shakespeare house at Stratford-on- Avon this year has broken the record, having been at the rate ol 30,000, per annum. American visitors have become so numerous that a special register ol their names is now kept. o A number ol young men In London have organized a club for tho encouragement, ol a revival ol stock-! ings ami breeches lor men's wear instead ol trousers. Fifty ot these. pioneers havo arranged lor.a dinner at the Carlton hotel, when all will wear knee breeches. . o I Tho Daughter—No, mother, dear, I could not marry Mr. Smith; be ►quints. Thc mother—My' dear, a man who has $100,000 a year may be affected with a slight optical Indecision—but a. squint, neverl—Tat let. Slykynli-Gayboy has a new typewriter. Flykyns—Did he break the old one? Slykyns — No, she broke him.— Town Topics. ————o "Docs your coachman have any perquisites?" asked Mrs. Oldcastle. "He had one once," replied her hosWre, "but the doctor said it was brought on by bein' out too long in the hot sun. My! I don't know what I'd do with a person around me that had theni regularly."—New York Herald. o i Eminent 'German professors are becoming proverbial for their longevity. The latest lo celebrate .his seventieth birthday is Ewald llering ol the German university at Prague. Like llclmlioll/., Ilruckc, Dubois, Fcehner and others, he has done original work in several branches ol science, but perhaps his most important ilis- eovericjr relate to the physiology of memory. RAILWAY SYSTEH SOLID THROUGH CARS BITWHCN Chicago, Buffalo BITOH PHILADELPHI. "Via Niagara Falls." I/'so to BOSTON TU the Imjertsn busliess ssntrss ot CANADA and N1W HNQLAND For time ttblw, etc., Ui;«i - GEO. W. VAUX, Asst Gen. Pun. ft Ticket Ant, 11 Adami Street, Chicago. ''My business,'.said the man, "docs not get along as I should like it to. I want it to run like clockwork." "How many hands do you hire?" asked the friend. "Only one." "How do you expect things to run like clockwork unless you have a second hand?"—Valley Weekly. Baking Powder Saves THE USE OF ROYAL BAKING POWDER IS ES8ENTIAL TO THE HEALTHFULNESS OF THE FAMILY FOOD. Yeast ferments the food. Alum baking powders are Injurious. ROYAL BAKING POWDER 8AVE8 HEALTH. Royal Baking Powder Co., New York. SPOKANE FALLS AND NORTHERN RAILWAY CO. COURT OF REVISION. South Nanainio Assessment District. A Court ol Revision and appeal, under the provisions of the "Assessment Act," will be held at thc Court House, Ladysmith, on the 21th day ol November, 1004, at two o'clock iu tbe afternoon. By order, GEO. THOMSON, Assessor. Ladysinith, Nov. 1st, 100-1. DAY SCHOOL. i^«tt^ttM«ttt«Utt«*«Mi»*tU*MM*MU*«i Union Brewing Go, | NANAIMO, B. C. manufacturers of the______M_« BEST BEER ~a__---In British Columbia | Lager Beer and Porter Guaranteed Brewed . & from the Best Canadian Malt rnn Hops. * TEN DOLLARS REWARD. The Union Brewing Company will pay if 10 reward for information which will lead to the arreet and conviction of any person or pereo__ ileatniyiuK Union Brewing Company', kege or bottle,, or failing to return the fame. «99^«999?9»9««9$99«#«9««<-<»«9?99999W^^?9W« Miners' Drilling Machines, Made; lo order and Repaired at short notice Drills sharpened by m alwaypgivea satisfaction.: Picks bandied and repaired. Shipsmithing in all its Branches. Horseshoers and General Blacksmiths. David Murray Buller Street - - - - Ladysmith, B. C Usual subjects taught; also Ian guages, drawing In pencil and ciau—1 ons, painting in oils and water V ors, pianoforte and vocal lcssiS given In classes or Individually. | MISS BERTRAiii Ladysmith, B. C. LIVERY, BOARDING2AND ___^SALE5 STABLES "JOHNSON, LADYSMITH, B. C. 8 FRESH FISH At;the Ladysinith Fish M« ket, next to Opera House! open morning and evenii •.vsv.v.v.v.v.v.v. VW.V.V.V. BARBER SHOP _ BATH ROOA| The ESPLANADE, between the Grand and Abbottsford, William Powers, Prop. «*swsjs$jjwj0cec_x«_5^^ Seattle's Great Papers TUB DAILY SUNDAY TWICE A WEEK ii ■* IBB POST- INTELLIGENCER Sample Copies Free Write for One Dally Post-lirtelll jeocer, a to 20 Paies Publishes the fullest tslegraphis news from all parts of tht world. All the stats and local news. Dally and Sunday edition, TSo per month. Sunday PosMiteBUemr, 40 to 56 Paies The largest and most oomplsto Sunday paper north of San Jnuidsosw Special departments of literature fashion, of womsn's nsws, ta- day edition, f2.00 per yaoA ,, Twice a Week Post-bMlttewer All the news of th* week in sends* detailed form. THB -WI01 A WEEK EDITION IS TBS BEST TWICE A WEEK FAFEB PUBLISHED ON TBI PAOIFIO COAST. Write for sample oopy and be eon- vlneed. Subscription prios, fLOO per year. All Posfastere WM Take WnipHm POSMNTEUiaENCER Mi, Seattle, Wask. S. P. WESTON, Business Manager. 751 J2S ▼ of I ll f I Assortment of Beef, |id Veal ourselves and " "" can guarantee everything to be tbe Nicest, Freshest and Cleanest on the market PANNELL & PLASKETT STEVENS BLOCK, OATACRE STREET, LADYSI1ITH, B C '-* LADYSMITH TRANSFER CO. x * PIANOS, OBGAN8 AND HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE MOVED PROMPTLY AND SAFELY $ stable* li Slnhlcs In renr|of Ijidysinilli Hotel. Leave onlers at the Abbottsfonl. WILLIAMS AND WASKETT fwaSSrrXXSVW^SSIiiSXSVrk^SXSSk^ Ifc. ■ x»x*x»x»x*y,itxtXtx»x»x*x*x*x*x*x*x*x»x»x*x*x» I Delivered in Any Part of the City f I Every Afternoon „ VV. Munsik, Secretary. Telephone 40. John W. Commit, Manager. The Ladysmith Lumber Co Ltd. MILLS AT FIDDICK AND LADY SMITH-Slilngles a Specialty. —Manufacturer! ol— Rough nnd Dressed Fir and Cedar Lumber, Laths, Shingles, Mouldings, Etc., ol the Best Quality. Seasoned anil Kiln Dried Flooring: and Finishing Lumber always In Stock ***************************************************** I X I KYNOCK& VULCANSHELL9 Are the BEST. We have them. I BROWNING AUTOMATIC SHOT GBN Is a PEACH. We have it. . SAVAGE & WINCHESTER RIFLES EVERYBODY knows them. We have them E. ROLSTON Ladysmith _ PRICES ARE RIGHT SATISFACTION * GUARANTEED _ The Daily Ledger! X 50 Cents per Month J AT LAST We are among you and shall be pleased to see all our friends at our new store on First Avenue. H.&W. MEAT MARKET LADYSMITH DAILY. LEDGER , „, ,. „„.„ liad seen Frank Mayo in the .play dur- BBST UATI1 ROOMS. IN THE ,„g his b0yliood days and was then CITY-Ladysmitb Shaving Parlors, onamore(l oI the heroic backwoods- High Street. m_„ ljt, i00^ up u_. stu(|y 0[ tho For late papers, magazines aniil l>!»y <""' (lreiltol °" mounting it in stationery, go to Knight's on Firsll Iirst class style and making a tour of , m| ' tlic country. Tlie fact that lie hint .-—-——— decided to do so was regarded as a FOR SALE. wise step and as a result the chain. A LARGE HAFT lli x30 built on pion is hooked to appear during the large cellar logs at a bargain. Very season at tlie loading theatres in the suitable for a boat house. Apply United States for the managers ad- Tlie Ladysinith Lumber Co. mil that Jeffries lills llie rolejto iper- fcetiiin. lie will cloyc his tour ia New York City, where lie will ap- pera at tlie lending Broadway house Call ill HOY'S Bakery for Cakes and Pies. Apple and Raisin pies at 15 cents; Lemon Cakes al all prices. LOCAL urns Mi,.S "II M.MS e"r')' '" ""-' S"r'"S' "1S illi|i111 "I'" Jill > u\l \.Vll\>a, i ■ j i i j ,. _, peavance m the role at a nunil'Hsr of 'Pacific const cities has demonstrated his ability to iniiku tfood, ami being supported hy a good company of playw'i ami tlic production beautifully mounted, the champion is hound Ralph Smith returned today from to cut quite a figure in the world of Victoria to Nanainio, and will leave theatrical attractions during the prc- to-morrow on an election trip lolho!«"»'* season. One of the features of Kootenay country. ,jhis appearance is tlie physical culture demonstration at the close of the performance iu which with his sparring,partner Joseph Kennedy, he giv- Tho cily is now in possession of the plan of the city and the profiles of levels taken hy Mr. Harvey, the engineer who has had the work iti charge. The prolile is longer than a women's franchise petition to thc legislature, for it measures no less than seventy-live yards and is quite a weight. iloh Sims and his partner brought in two deer and eight birds as the result of a day's shooting on Sunday. An event to whicli the young people will look Forward with pleasant anticipation is the Masquerade Ball under the ausdices of the Ladysinith City Band on Wednesday, Nov. 23. ft is to he held in the Opera House, and as an additional attraction, prizes will he gi\>:ii for the best characters. The proceeds will be devoted to the purchase ofthe new uniforms for the band. an illustration of scientific boxing in three rounds. Me appears in Nanainio Opera house on next Saturday evening. f**+*+*^._..K"K+++*'H'^'+**+i ,y IIMOW-UJ1 • M <i i -*•-. SPORTS J * * n-.t+.|-.|..i-.|-f.-r+4-+-IH'r-I i i ''-'!•• •, BASKETBALL TO-NIGHT.J___ Tonight tlie first city league iras- Icclball games will he played at the opera liou.se, a double event, Shamrocks vs. CrcscHil ami lied Devils vs. U. ami A. All tllc teams arc now arrayed in fine new uniforms. The Shamrocks look very natty in green, Willi a Shamrock embroidered on the jersey; tiie Crescents arc gay in blue with the TurUh symbol on their breasts ; tlio Red Devils look- gorgeous .in their fiery red and llie tj. iv: A. appear quite slick in black satin breeches, white jerseys and the CENSUS GUESSES. name in black on their chests. The The count ol tllc cards filled out lU-^throw-up is at 7.30 with the Cres- a Ledger canvasser showing the number ol people living in Lady smith, men. women ami children, is now being made, and as lhc guesses arc ail in tiie result, as previously stated, will he made known about the 15th. While n0 one as yet llcnows tire actual number ol people residing here, there are not as many as bni lieen generally helieied. As to tin guesses, they arc sealed up ami will only he opened hy a committee, hu Unite a number of tlie envelopes hav, the guess uiaylreil on the outside am iu many such eases the figures arr much too high. However, near or fai off, us the case may Ik, lenne wiliT NO _w___7 gel the $211, $10:00 and $5.00, as llie Quoth the Nanainio Free Press:— first, second and .third prize winners. |."piie sporting editor of the News- Advertiser had bclt.r'r keep out of She way of Robert Nwanson, when that doughty wrestler arrives in Vancouver to meet McLeod unless in tlie meantime be wirer. a rush apology for referring to the local man as a Swede. There is nothing hut good Scotch blond in the veins of the Swansea boys." j • :-K«;i>jK»>l-:«JK»;i;«;K»)!-.»;K»';i;»;t; I MARINE I Tug Albion is in port with tile Alexander in tow to load coal. Collier Wellington arrived last evening from San Francisco after a very favorable trip, the wind being astern all the way up die coast. Tlio Wellington idockcd here 70 hours after leaving San Francisco. San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 8.—One ol the longest passages of the year from Australia has been made by the French bark Notre Dame D'Arvbra, arriving today, 103 days from Newcastle with a cargo of coal. For some days past the vessel, whicli lias always heretofore shown good speed, bus been posted at tiie merchants exchange as overdue, and a rate ol 15 per cent, for reinsurance has been quoted. That no blame attaches to .tlio ship Celtic Monarch on account of the collision between the tug Sea Lion, which bad her in low, and tlio steam ship Mainlniiiler, oh October 27>lh, is tiie decision handed down by Judge I Inn ford yesterday in tlic United Slates district court, says tlie i'ost- Intelligcnecr. The Celtic Monarch was by the decision discharged [rum the libel that the I'acilic Coast Co., owner of the Mainlander, tiled against her. Tlie Pacific Coast Company immediately filed notice of appeal, and tlie Celtic Monarch came back by tiling a libel against the Sea Lion for demurrage in the sum of $0,00(1. The Sea I,inn is now between two llrwi as tlie Pacific Coast Company also has liheieii her. In filing thc libel against, the Sea Lion the owner of tlie Celtic Monarch stales that slur has a cargo on board composed of wheat, valued at $110,- 000., Tlic ship company alleges it is costing $120 per day for demurrage, and as far as can be ascertained, the amount sued for is as exact n loss as can be determined at. this time. DROWNED IN ERASER. Geo. Clilley. a well known Wcst- minsler man, lias been found drowned in the Eraser river. There was a gash in the head, but it is supposed the man fell off tlic wharf and received the injury at that time. LADYSMITH BAKERY ON JI1E ESPLANADE. PASTRY OF ALL KINDS NEATLY i BAKED AND FRESH. BREAD FIVE CENTS PER LOAF j Confectionary of all kinds. Orders taken lor Pastries to be delivered at any time. I Pcnctcria Ladysmitli Esplanade Offelcria e pane di prima qualita seinprc fresco Pane cinque soldi l'uno. I Ordini dislribuiti qual utiqiie parte del paejio. LADIES' CLOTH COATS jj With Collar and wi h- out- Latest effects in Plaid Lined, Beaver, Golf, Faney Iweed, Box Cloth. Blaeh Fawn, Oxford Brown $3.50 T015.00 CHILDREN'S jCLOTH COATS | Short. Three-quarter, and Long. In all the new Shades- 82.5<> to $3.00 GIRLS' 'PILOT" COAT 9 Suitable for school. i from English Piiot i Cloth, $2.75 h = |Drysdale, Stev jensonCo., Ltd. Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! The Electors have again decid/ ed to vote for a Liberal Government, and the Wideawake and Intelligent buyer will come to us for LADIES' COSTUMES GOLF JACKETS - - WRAPPERS ♦ BLOUSES & SKIRTS ♦ We invite your inspection Fresh Family Groceries <_>! Large Supply Always on hand and delivered Free to any part of the City\ SIMON LEBER & CO. ££ LIMITED .m \ GEORGE YUEN Merchant Tailor All kinds of clothing cleaned and repaired. Take a Trip East OVER THE Canadian Pacific Now ie your time to get your winter snpply of wood, we will deliver yon fonr- loot dry wood, which 1b etirml to three ricka ol 16 inch wood, lor r}2.50 J. M. LK1G1I, NANAIMO OPERA HOUSE; FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE ' CHAMPION OF THE WORLD JAMES J. JEFFRIES in lhc iilj.I hackwpotls drama DAVY CROCkE'lT (By Frank Mayo) AND COMPANY OF PLAYERS. Special Scenery. Direction of s. C. Mott. NOTE— Fur the edification ol lovers nl athletic sports, immediately after tlie performance, a physical culture demonstration will lie (riven hy James J. .lefTries ami .Joseph1 Kennedy, practically illustrated in three rounds of scientific boxing. PRICEN-iill cents, 75 cents and $1. Seats mi sale at Pimhiiry & Co.'s EUROPE HOTEL J. CIAC1IERO, Prop. Newly furnished, everything the liest, finely stocked bar. Transient rate, $1.00 per day. Monthly rate, rf.2rt.00. • First Avenue . . . Lailysniilli, It. C. ;l;P}l-t;l-C»-l-»;l-:«.|»»;f-:«rK«;l>:»-(-»-|-« i ■V, IK • X * X JAMES J. JEFFRIES. Jeffries in tho role of an actor is not a new one for tlic champion, for ho linil a very successful season in "The Man From llie West," |u which lie appeared at the leading theatres in tlie east and as "flnvy Crockett" in tile play of tiie same name he is credited with giving a thoroughly nat ural and attractive rendition of the part of thc famous linckwooilsmaij. Jcll'rics did not net on his own volition in undertaking tlic revival ml the standard Alhejicaii 1-0111111101' of flic frontier, hut. was prompted by no less ah authority that Charles Froh- inan, the famous theatrical manager ot New York, who, after witnessing tlio i-liiiiiipion'i; porlirnynl nf the lending rolo in "The Mini From thc West." said: "Jeffries, you will make fame unit fortune for yourself If you will revive 'Davy Crockott.' ■- Jeffries jumped at tlic suggestion for he TO OUR lADYSMnTI CUSTOMERS We are pleased to inform you that we shall open the South Store in the Williams* Block as a "Par- ticular Grocery" on or about Thursday, Nov. I Oth. We shall endeavor to run a clean, up-to-date Grocery business, not selling cheap goods, nor dear goods, but selling Ihe very best goods, at close prices. We shall pay particular attention to cleanliness, prompt delivery, and to our customers' re- guirrments, Who was it wrote -"To err is human, to forgive | High Grade | Pianos and Music* It shall be our endeavor to avoid mistakes in Groceries, for those we make, we ask your forgiveness. Drop in at the ni w store and inspect our stock, wo shall be pleased to see you. W. T. NEDDIE & CO. Particular Grocers Free Press Block Williams' Block NatiRimo Ladysmith X X X X X X X X •I- X • X " per sheet. al Iristru-f ments Latest music, lo cents ^ B. FORCiriMER, Agent $•$•$•$•$•$•$•$•$•%•$• qiiiFs nepann. bring it to urn. Get. satisfaction and save money for the best work. AND GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH. REDUCEDRATES Tickets on Sale October 3rd, 4th, and 5th. 2 TRAINS DAtLY. FINE ACCOMMODATION. B. C. COAST SERVICE SS. Princess Victoria sails daily at 7 p.m. lor Seattle, and at 7.30 a.m. lor Vancouver. Steamers tor Skagway, West Coast and Northern B. C. ports. HOTEL LELAND. (T. 3. Wellman, Prop., Vancouver.) One block from C.P.R. Depot and steamboat wharves; Newly renovated and re-moi'r '. il. Rates $2 per day. Comer <!;. ille and Hastings streets. Te'ej I 4. NOTICE. Persons lound using our Patent Bottle or Stoppers alter this notice, will be prosecuted. RUMMINCI BROS. Pioneer Soda Water Works. Ladysmith, B.C. FIRE WOOD. Shingle spalts, good cellar wood, $2 a load, (cord, more or less), delivered. Leave orders at ollice ol LADVSiHim LUMBFRCO. BOOTS AND SHOES AT RIGHT PRICES. Repairing and making to order a speciality. i THOHAS MCEWAN 1st Avenue, Ladysmith, B. O. THE RldrlT PLACE D. J. MATHESON, HERCHANT TAILOR st Ave. Lidysmlth SEE Harry Kay lor artistic Painting and Puperhang- ing. Picture Framing. FIRST AVENUE, Ladysmith. You ought to be making i tut- We have just opened up our CLEANED CURRANTS SEEDED RAISINS, SULTANAS, ASSORTED PEEL, SHELLED ALMONDS, ICING, ETC. and will guarantee you satisfaction. Give us a trial and be c onvlnced. SEE OUR WINDOWS. BLAIR &HDKM CARLISLE BLOCK Watches cleaned for .. Best niiiiii springs .. ('leaning anil spring New slaffs ... . New jewel {1.0(1 11.0(1 $1.50 $1.50 $1.00 Wc guarantee all our work for one year. B.FORCMMER, Watchmaker, Jeweler and Optician. First Avenue Ladysinith Lemon, Citron and Orange Peels Cleaned Currents Cleaned Raisins Flavoring extracts Jelly Powders Icing Sugars Spices "Galore" Give us - a cr-. 1.1 when in wa .1 ■ of anything for your Christmas Baking - <# - Morrison's, Ladysmith, B. C.
Title changes in chronological order: Ladysmith Daily Ledger (1904-10-01 to 1904-12-31) ; The Ladysmith Daily Ledger (1904-12-31 to 1906-12-29)
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